BREAKING IT ALL DOWN
Feb 03, 2021
4 minutes
by TEDDY CAHILL, CARLOS COLLAZO, JOE HEALY AND CHRIS HILBURN-TRENKLE
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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