The last 16 months have been a whirlwind for pitcher Carson Fulmer, former 1st round draftee by the Chicago White Sox. In that time, he’s been plucked off waivers five times, going from the Sox to the Detroit Tigers, on to the Pittsburgh Pirates, from Pittsburgh to the Baltimore Orioles, from the Orioles back to Pittsburgh, and finally to the Cincinnati Reds.
It was with the Reds where we’d hoped he’d found a home, reunited with pitching coach Derek Johnson who had worked with him so brilliantly in their time together at Vanderbilt. For a time, it looked as if they’d figured something out, too - Fulmer allowed just a lone ER in his first 9 games (10.