Prior to Friday’s announcement that he’d been named the organization’s Pitcher of the Month for April, most folks probably didn’t know the difference between Matt Swarmer and delicious, spit-roasted meat. But after posting a 1.74 ERA across four starts (20.2 IP) for the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, striking out 26 (11.32 K/9) and walking only three (1.31 BB/9), Swarmer is opening a few eyes in Cub-land.
Listed at 6-foot-5 and 175 pounds when he was drafted out of Kutztown University in 2016 (Rd. 19), the then 22-year-old was a collection of arms and legs that flew everywhere.