About a year ago, almost to the day, Atlanta Braves hurler Mike Foltynewicz received news that probably ranked among the best he’s received in his life: he was set to be a major league All-Star.
A fastball that could touch 100 mph and a crackling slider were the pitcher’s bread and butter. Few that came to the plate got to eat. He struck out 202 batters and pitched to a 2.85 earned run average, winning 13 games.
Late last Saturday night, he received the news from manager Brian Snitker that he was headed back to AAA Gwinnett.