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he Commodores finished as national runners-up last year. That team had two top 10 picks leading its pitching staff in Kumar Rocker and Jack Leiter, and replacing them will be no easy task. But Vanderbilt returns the bulk of its lineup, including leading hitter Dominic Keegan and spark plug Enrique Bradfield Jr.. Vanderbilt will need some new pitchers to step up, but it has no shortage of talent on the mound. Sophomore righthander Patrick Reilly is ready for the next step, and righthanders Nick Maldonado and

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