Andrew Abbott entered the 2023 season as a guy with 91.0 career IP above A-ball, a 2nd round lefty who’d yet to really crack into any Top 100 prospect lists anywhere. He had found minor league successes along the way, to be sure, but with just enough bumps in the road from a guy who many had overlooked to have very, very few big league expectations heaped upon him for the upcoming year.
Then, the Cincinnati Reds rotation was gutted by injuries. Nick Lodolo and Hunter Greene are the headliners for that cause, obviously, but the litany of others who fell along the way moved Abbott quickly up the ladder - as did, fortunately, his excellent form with AA Chattanooga and AAA Louisville.