UCLA pitcher Angel Cervantes joins the College Baseball Show to talk about turning down pro money out of high school to play for Coach John Savage, riding a 27+ game win streak as a true freshman on a top-ranked Bruins team, and the story behind Jerry the dinosaur, the tiny toy that rides the mound with him every outing. Angel also breaks down his dominant Cape Cod League summer with the Chatham Anglers, where he's tied for the ERA lead, adjusting to East Coast life as a West Coast kid, developing a new cutter grip, and what he's carrying into a breakout sophomore season at UCLA.

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:50 Turning down pro money to go to UCLA
2:14 Freshman year on a historic UCLA team
4:57 The Jerry the dinosaur story
7:12 Playing for the Chatham Anglers
8:16 The secret behind his ERA-leading summer
9:20 Adjusting to East Coast life
10:47 Cape roster turnover & new friendships
11:53 Developing a new cutter grip
12:28 How the Cape is prepping him for sophomore year
13:23 Beach days, fishing & life off the field
14:37 Summer highlight & closing thoughts

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