Three of the top pitchers available for the 2008 draft have left Team USA, leaving the college national team without three of its top four starting pitchers as it prepares for the World Port Tournament in the Netherlands.
Righthanders Jacob Thompson (Virginia), Lance Lynn (Mississippi) and lefthander Brian Matusz (San Diego) left the team to avoid heavy workloads, according to a Team USA release. Thompson, a first-team All-American for the Cavaliers this spring, threw 21 innings for Team USA, bringing him to 135 for the year. Matusz, a second-team All-American for the Toreros, had 143 combined innings on the year, and leaves as the Americans? second-leading winner at 3-1, 1.33. Thompson, who pitched the gold-medal game against Cuba and took a loss in the Pan American Games last week, went 1-2, 1.27 this summer. The 6-foot-5, 260-pound Lynn was leading Team USA in innings pitched (25) but still had reached just 110 for the season. Lynn apparently had aggravated a groin issue he had during the spring.
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