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He’s just 19 years old and has yet to play above Low-A, but Marco Luciano has all the makings of a star.
Some may argue it’s too early to label him a future All-Star or MVP candidate, but those who have been there since the beginning have known what everyone is now discovering.
“From the first time I saw him, at age 12, he showed a natural ability to do things very easily,” said Edwin “Ray” Castillo, Luciano’s trainer in the Dominican Republic. “After a year at my academy, he really started to develop and do special things. He hit the ball really hard against pitchers who were much older. … He separated himself from that group quickly.”