Sati Santa Cruz Jr. pitches during a Sahuarita High School baseball practice March 3, 2014.

UA baseball coach Andy Lopez attended the New York Yankees’ scout team scrimmage last week at Pima College. He had to like what he saw. The Yankees hired ex-Sahuarita High baseball coach Bryan Huie as a regional scout; he arranged to have the two top pitching prospects in Southern Arizona at the showcase: Salpointe’s Jio Orozco and Sahuarita’s Sati Santa Cruz. Both have committed to Arizona, and both were clocked at 90-plus mph at the scrimmage.


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