FAYETTEVILLE — When Arkansas pitching coach Matt Hobbs arrived at Arkansas in the fall of 2018, he inherited a pitching staff void of several top contributors from the season before.
The Razorbacks’ 2019 team had to replace 63% of the innings pitched from the previous year. Notably, Arkansas was without 2018 ace starter Blaine Knight, No. 2 starter Kacey Murphy and multiple middle-inning relievers who keyed a run to the finals of the College World Series.
Closer Matt Cronin and starter Isaiah Campbell were the top returners, and Campbell had been wildly inconsistent the year before.
The 2019 Razorbacks turned out OK.