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also showed two distinct breaking balls with a 76 mph curveball and
an 81 mph slider that had more horizontal life—both looked like solid
pitches, but were thrown only briefly in Espino’s 1-2-3 inning.
Louisiana State leads all schools with eight players from the Baseball
America 500 in its incoming freshman class. Florida State, Louisville,
Texas A&M and Vanderbilt all bring in six.