For many, this was a long-anticipated day—the day Tyrell Jenkins would make his first major-league start.
Jenkins was part of the deal that got the whole ball rolling on the frame-off restoration of the Atlanta Braves, coming over from St. Louis with Shelby Miller for Jason Heyward 10 days before Thanksgiving in 2014.
Since that trade, many things have happened within the organization and many (many, many, many) more pitchers have come aboard, pushing the limelight away from Jenkins quite a bit (a cursory glance around some early-spring prospect rankings placed him anywhere from sixth to eighth among Atlanta pitching prospects, with our Tomahawk Take staff placing him sixth among hurlers and 11th overall in February), to the point he was moved to the bullpen before earning his call-up a month ago.