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Long Island has always been underrated in terms of producing quality baseball players. In the past few years, however, the elite-level talent pool has been especially fruitful. In 2015 alone, Long Island residents Marcus Stroman, Steven Matz, Sean Nolin, Danny Burawa and Nick Tropeano have all logged significant time in the big leagues. Add in Stony Brook product Travis Jankowski and that is a significant amount of local talent. Last week, Stroman pitched in the biggest game of his young career (six months removed from ACL surgery) and fired seven shutout innings, improving his record to 3-0 with a 1.89 ERA. He will be back on the hill tomorrow in Baltimore against the Baltimore Orioles. On the same day, Tropeano threw 4.1 shutout innings against the Houston Astros in a hostile environment...