[82lsju]

Yes, but the counter argument to it is if Canady took 6 figures money instead of 7 figures, imagine how good of a #2/rest of the rotation TTU could have? And then she wouldn't have to throw 240 innings in a season and carry an otherwise limited team.

Quite possibly true. However the decision regarding how TT spends its money doesn't rest with Canady. It rests with the staff that doles out the offers. Roster management isn't the player's problem. We also don't know what the roster compensation limits were. There could have been more money available for the "right player" to compliment Canady.

Independent of all that, TT didn't need to win as many games as it did during the season. Once the coach knew what he had (and didn't have) he should have put more effort into keeping Canady "fresh". That would also give the other pitchers the opportunity to develop as much as possible. 54 wins looks nice, but 48 (or even fewer) might have led to a better result in the end.

from the TT softball stats page

Canady 

- pitched 56% (239) of total innings

so her post-season workload (almost every inning until the last game) appears to be a lot higher than in the regular season

https://texastech.com/sports/softball/stats/2025

UT's #1 pitcher (Teagan Kavan) in the regular season

- pitched 48% (199.1) of total innings

but she did not have to carry the team in all the post season games

https://texaslonghorns.com/documents/202...son_65.pdf

while Canaday's regular season workload was 20% higher than Kavan, Canady's post season workload was a lot more which was probably a bigger factor in terms of fatigue

[82lsju]

Yes, but the counter argument to it is if Canady took 6 figures money instead of 7 figures, imagine how good of a #2/rest of the rotation TTU could have? And then she wouldn't have to throw 240 innings in a season and carry an otherwise limited team.

Quite possibly true. However the decision regarding how TT spends its money doesn't rest with Canady. It rests with the staff that doles out the offers. Roster management isn't the player's problem. We also don't know what the roster compensation limits were. There could have been more money available for the "right player" to compliment Canady.

Independent of all that, TT didn't need to win as many games as it did during the season. Once the coach knew what he had (and didn't have) he should have put more effort into keeping Canady "fresh". That would also give the other pitchers the opportunity to develop as much as possible. 54 wins looks nice, but 48 (or even fewer) might have led to a better result in the end.

from the TT softball stats page

Canady 

- pitched 56% (239) of total innings

so her post-season workload (almost every inning until the last game) appears to be a lot higher than in the regular season

https://texastech.com/sports/softball/stats/2025

UT's #1 pitcher (Teagan Kavan) in the regular season

- pitched 48% (199.1) of total innings

but she did not have to carry the team in all the post season games

https://texaslonghorns.com/documents/202...son_65.pdf

while Canaday's regular season workload was 20% higher than Kavan, Canady's post season workload was a lot more which was probably a bigger factor in terms of fatigue