The Dedeaux Download podcast, part of the Peristyle Podcast family of shows, returns with the 2025 college baseball beginning this week. Shotgun Spratling and Jack Smith with another episode in our four-part season preview, leading up to the start of the 2025 USC baseball season.

In the final part of the season preview series, USC assistant and pitching coach Sean Allen joins the Dedeaux Download to talk about taking over the Trojans' pitching staff and how he's gone about working with the pitchers. He also discusses his unique background having been a hitting coach and a pitching coach and talks about the unique way the Trojans are approaching the opening weekend against George Washington.

Among other players that are brought up, Allen talks about what he's challenged staff ace Caden Aoki to do this season and what to expect from newcomers to the rotation Caden Hunter and Jackson Baker.

After a break, Shotgun and Jack then talk all things pitching with the Trojan arms taking center stage. They comb through the Trojans’ 2025 roster looking at what USC will have on the mound. The podcasting duo also supply superlatives for the Trojan pitchers, giving their picks for the team's best pitcher, most impactful newcomer and breakout candidates among others.

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