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For Giants, Luciano was love at first sight

PHOENIX -- Imagine if the difference between fulfilling the lifelong dream of being signed by a Major League team or going home to regroup was a single second on a stopwatch during a timed 60-yard run.

A time of 6.9 seconds in the 60 is considered the average for Major Leaguers, and it's an impressive mark for an international teenage prospect. Anything below that number is considered above average. A prospect better be a catcher or able to hit the ball consistently and with lots of power if he runs it closer to eight seconds than seven.

Marco Luciano, 17, who ranked No.