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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.