re: LSU Baseball 2018 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread *Old Thread*

New 2019 commit Daniel Espino had a good showing at the PG Acedemy Showdown. It's a tournament for kids that don't play at traditional high schools, they go to academies more or less set up for baseball training. Similar to IMG, where LSU has 3 commits, or TNXL, where Elijah Cabell goes. Here is the write up LINK:

On his way to earning the Most Valuable Pitcher of the tournament, Daniel Espino (2019, Statesboro, Ga.) turned in an outstanding six inning start and showcased some of the best velocity in the entire 2019 class. Sitting 94-96 early on with his fastball and not releasing a fastball below 89 mph throughout his six innings, Espino’s start was impressive in every way. The command of his fastball was outstanding and the velocity was completely overpowering. Swings and misses were a common trend as Espino piled on 12 strikeouts on the day.

His arm action is quite long and wrapped through the back, but the arm continually gets through the circle on time and out in front. The recent verbal commitment to LSU gets outstanding extension out in front as well. His 6-foot-3 200-pound frame and excellent extension help generate a 98 mph best effective velocity per TrackMan. Espino gets up to eight feet of extension reaching way out in front at release getting some occasional run to his explosive fastball. The LSU commit dominated the entirety of his start and showed why he is a top of the line pitcher in the class of 2019.

ETA: There may be video in the link, work filters preclude me from see that. If you search "Daniel Espino Baseball LSU" there will be a youtube video from the event. Espino is pictured at the top of the link.