I like this idea a lot but there’s still a detail between Klopps and Witt. The stats are there Witt but if you look at the bigger picture, you can see that he still reveals his age. Kopps is a red shirt senior. Take tcu for example, Witt came in and gave us two damn good innings but came out in the ninth and walked the first and gave up a hit next AB. Now this example is predicted a bit on how Pierce handled the situation but I think most of us thought bringing Witt back out with the stuff he had going was the right call. You still can’t walk the first batter in that situation. There’s been other instances where his maturity wasn’t where it should be against lesser opponents. The minute he gets rattled or in trouble, Pierce is calling to the pen. I’m there with you on his ability and stuff because it’s there, I’m just not quite there trusting his mental maturity for 3-4 innings on Saturday and another 3 on Sunday. The situation is fluid like you stated so he may only need to go for a total of 5 inning in series or maybe more.
Pete also is just now getting to the point where he has the ability to go deep and that hasn’t been tested to a larger degree, yet.