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The 2020 Major League Baseball Draft came and went, and Antonio Velez had to figure out his next steps. Velez, at that point a senior at Florida State, wasn’t selected during the five-round draft — condensed from the usual 40 rounds by MLB due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The left-handed pitcher’s future was uncertain. “I talked to my agent a lot,” Velez said. “He helped me get through it.” In the end, Velez signed as an undrafted free agent with the Miami Marlins, his favorite team growing up. Things have worked out so far. Velez, 24, put up an impressive showing in his first season of minor-lea…