From what I have seen from Piedmont, I don't know how they will be. They got a couple of good transfers in and also have some good young talent. If they can play as a team and come together I think they have a chance of a pretty good year.

I am an Piedmont alumni and I played against Saunders, I went and saw him play in Daytona last night and he is still just as smooth. Its great to see how well he is doing. Me and a group of piedmont players got to talk to him after the game and he said he is having a blast.

I do not agree with you at all when you say most D3 guys have not been exposed to 90+. Where I played high school my Junior year there was a team in the region with all 3 starters throwing low to mid 90's and other teams in the region had that as well. Oh yea...that team also had 5 kids drafted that year. If you throw 90 and are flat you are going to be in for a long day.

I agree. Most pitchers that are throwing 90 in D3 did not come in their freshman year throwing that. I know of two pitchers that built up that but were mid 80's out of high school. I would love to see a flat 90 mph fast ball!!

I agree that 90 is way overrated if you can't spot it up. They threw a guy first game of regionals against Piedmont that threw hard and was a transfer from a D-1 and we saw where that got them. Piedmont's ace was consistently 82-84 and spotted very well and shut them down. My question is why are they at a D-3 throwing 90?

Piedmont played their fall game last night and looked very good. Sweept division 2 North Georgia. A lot of good young talent should be a fun year.

I heard that Newport was leaving but not sure what conference yet. It will be interesting how Piedmont does in their first year. They have some good young players.

What do you guys think about Piedmont coming into the conference?