Sophomore Christian Bergman, a reliever and spot starter, is 5-2 with a 1.47 ERA and the Anteaters’ top nine pitchers all have an ERA of 3.91 or lower.
“To me, it’s clear that, as a staff, they have really, really benefitted and really progressed under Silva,” Gillespie said. “He’s really knowledgeable. He’s young, so I think he commands their immediate respect, because they know it hasn’t been very long ago that he pitched in and won the national championship game and that he was a consensus All-American, and that he was a successful professional [pitcher] and he has coached. But to hold that [respect], it’s about how he has dealt with them. He doesn’t treat them with kid gloves. I think everybody has benefitted from that.”
Gorgen said Silva brings a nice balance between having fun and focusing on the job.
“Coach Silva is a very intense human being on the field,” Gorgen said. “That helps drive us. He can be laid back at practices, but he has a lets-get-after-it mentality with the pitching staff.”
