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Bradenton Marauders pitcher Elijah Birdsong (17) during an MiLB Florida State League baseball game against the Clearwater Threshers on April 8, 2023 at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Florida. (Mike Janes/Four Seam Images
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Bradenton Marauders pitcher Elijah Birdsong (17) during a MiLB Florida State League baseball game against the Daytona Tortugas on April 19, 2023 at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Florida. (Mike Janes/Four Seam Images
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Bradenton Marauders pitcher Elijah Birdsong (17) during an MiLB Florida State League baseball game against the Clearwater Threshers on April 8, 2023 at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Florida. (Mike Janes/Four Seam Images
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Bradenton Marauders pitcher Elijah Birdsong (17) during an MiLB Florida State League baseball game against the Clearwater Threshers on April 8, 2023 at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Florida. (Mike Janes/Four Seam Images
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Bradenton Marauders pitcher Elijah Birdsong (17) during a MiLB Florida State League baseball game against the Daytona Tortugas on April 19, 2023 at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Florida. (Mike Janes/Four Seam Images
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Bradenton Marauders pitcher Elijah Birdsong (17) during an MiLB Florida State League baseball game against the Clearwater Threshers on April 8, 2023 at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Florida. (Mike Janes/Four Seam Images
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Bradenton Marauders pitcher Elijah Birdsong (17) during a MiLB Florida State League baseball game against the Daytona Tortugas on April 19, 2023 at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Florida. (Mike Janes/Four Seam Images
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Bradenton Marauders pitcher Elijah Birdsong (17) during a MiLB Florida State League baseball game against the Daytona Tortugas on April 19, 2023 at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Florida. (Mike Janes/Four Seam Images
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Bradenton Marauders pitcher Elijah Birdsong (17) during an MiLB Florida State League baseball game against the Clearwater Threshers on April 8, 2023 at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Florida. (Mike Janes/Four Seam Images
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Bradenton Marauders pitcher Elijah Birdsong (17) during an MiLB Florida State League baseball game against the Clearwater Threshers on April 8, 2023 at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Florida. (Mike Janes/Four Seam Images