If 2020 wasn’t an odd enough season, it was a weird one for the Atlanta Braves 23-year-old pitching prospect. Jasseel De La Cruz got his first and second calls to The Show and didn’t pitch in either instance, spending less than 48 hours as a big-leaguer.
What went right in 2020?
De La Cruz got his call to the big-league club, and while he didn’t pitch, it obviously shows the Braves like his stuff enough to have him in the bullpen for emergencies.
So how about that stuff?
As with several of the Braves young pitching prospects De La Cruz has a sensational 1-2 punch with a third pitch still in progress.