2019 Cowboy Baseball: The Pitching Staff, Pt. 1

The 2019 baseball starts next week, with Oklahoma State opening play at UT Rio Grande Valley on Feb. 15. The Cowboys are ranked as high as 16^th in the preseason national polls.

OSU is coming off a 31-26-1 season in which the Cowboys finished second in the Big 12 Conference and earned an NCAA Regional berth for the sixth consecutive year under head coach Josh Holliday.

With the '19 season right around the corner, we're breaking down the OSU roster by position. We continue today with the first installment previewing the pitching staff by highlighting four Cowboys who could play key roles in the starting rotation – and each of whom stand 6-foot-5 or taller.

Joe Lienhard, Senior, 6-5, 235, RHP

An honorable mention All-Big 12 performer in 2018
Made 18 appearances, 12 as a starter, and was 5-3 with a save
Went 4-1 in eight Big 12 starts
Owns a career record of 9-6 in 55 career appearances

Jensen Elliott, Junior, 6-6, 231, RHP

Missed most of 2017 and 2018 seasons after undergoing Tommy John surgery in April 2017
Pitched in four games in both '17 and '18
Was a Freshman All-American on OSU's College World Series Team in 2016, going 9-3 with a 3.50 ERA in 17 starts
Is 12-3 with a 3.66 ERA in 25 career appearances

Logan Gragg, Junior, 6-5, 199, RHP

Spent last two seasons at Connors State JC
Came back from Tommy John surgery to pitch in 13 games as a sophomore and was 6-0 with a 2.06 ERA
Was 11-2 with a 2.50 ERA as a freshman

Mitchell Stone, Redshirt Freshman, 6-9, 255, LHP

Made two starts in 2018 before suffering season-ending foot injury in early March
Struck out six in 4 1/3 innings over those two outings
Three-time All-American at Deer Creek High School in Edmond, Okla.

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