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It's not the "traditional" D1 story. West Milford's Christian Aiello doesn't throw hard and he didn't sign in his sophomore year. He's a late blooming, crafty left-hander taking a bridge year who might hit 85 on his best day. But Aiello is a great example of everyone having THEIR OWN journey to maximize their ability and that working hard will help you get there. Aiello is using that extra year wiped away by COVID to build his repertoire, improve his awesome secondary pitches, and be the kind of LHP that NOBODY likes to face. Rider pitching coach Mike Petrowski has always seemed to get the most out of pitchers like Aiello and it's going to be fascinating to see how he does when he starts at Rider in the fall. We enjoyed talking about Aiello's story and know you'll enjoy this episode of JBS Si ...