Jacob Robson (Mississippi State athletics)

Fall Report: Mississippi State

Every team has to deal with injuries, but Mississippi State was simply overwhelmed by them in 2015. The Bulldogs knew they had their hands full replacing Jonathan Holder and Jacob Lindgren in the bullpen — but they did not expect five other key bullpen arms to get hurt. They expected big things from catcher Gavin Collins, but he never got fully healthy after breaking his hamate bone. The Bulldogs were excited about the offensive ability of junior-college transfer Michael Smith, who tripled in his first MSU at-bat — but pulled a quad muscle on the play and wound up[…]