Five key takeaways from Pat Fitzgerald’s Thursday availability

Head coach Pat Fitzgerald spoke with media for about 20 minutes before a tour of the Walter Athletics Center. Here are five takeaways from his availabilty:

Clayton Thorson is in a non-contact jersey, and on a “pitch count”

Fitz said the staff is planning on bringing Thorson along slow, although he also said Thorson was a bit surprised by the progress he had made by early to mid-July.

Fitz fielded a couple of questions about the battle between TJ Green, Aidan Smith and Andrew Marty, but he kept his cards close to the chest.

“If you come out to practice, there will be days, again, like we were in spring ball, where one guy will take reps with the twos, maybe the next guy will take the rep with…