Arizona's head coach Jay Johnson watches from the dugout as his Wildcats get ready for first pitch against Grand Canyon University at Hi Corbett Field, Wednesday, March 29, 2017, Tucson, Ariz. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

This is one of the reasons it’s so difficult to be consistently good in college baseball recruiting: A year ago, Arizona coachΒ Jay JohnsonΒ evaluated and signed Casa Grande High leftyΒ Gilbert LunaΒ in the Class of 2017. Luna was coming off a season with a 1.19 ERA and 138 strikeouts in 64 innings. This season, Luna injured his arm and was limited to 21 innings, with just one outing of more than five innings.


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