He’s left-handed reliever Justin Wilson, and he comes from Clovis, California, an old frontier town that is so into rodeo that it put a bucking bronco on its flag.
Since forsaking the hard, lonely life of a cowboy in order to pursue baseball, Wilson has pitched in eight different MLB organizations. A journeyman’s journeyman, Wilson once even suited up for the Milwaukee Brewers without ever subsequently throwing a pitch for them, after he injured himself in the bullpen on the day he was to make his debut.
After pitching for the Cincinnati Reds in 2024 (his second stint with the team), the Sox signed him to a one-year Major League deal worth $2.