South Carolina righthander Clarke Schmidt (Aaron Fitt)

Fall Report: South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. — From top to bottom, no team in college baseball should have a better pitching staff in 2017 than South Carolina. On paper, this staff has it all — frontline power-armed starters, experienced strike-throwers and flame-throwers in the bullpen, enviable depth to handle midweek games and a wide variety of different looks that allow the coaching staff to mix and match as the situation dictates. There are plenty of reasons for optimism about the 2017 Gamecocks after a very productive fall, but it starts on the mound.

“Our pitchers are throwing well,” South Carolina coach Chad[…]