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BREAKING IT ALL DOWN

American Athletic

Central Florida and East Carolina stand virtually neck and neck heading into the season

TEAM TO BEAT: CENTRAL FLORIDA

Picked to finish fifth in the AAC in 2020, the Knights got off to a blistering 15-3 start that included a series sweep at Auburn in late February. The Knights lost key members of their pitching staff in Jeffrey Hakanson, Trevor Holloway, Joe Sheridan and Jaylyn Whitehead, as well as outfielder Dalton Wingo, but still return sixth-year outfielder Jordan Rathbone (.313/.507/.382), third-year outfielder Gephry Pena (.314/.429/.415, 13 SB), fourth-year junior first baseman Nick

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