Justin Lawrence—the Lion of Panama—cemented his big league status in 2022 with a career high 42 2⁄3 innings with the Colorado Rockies over 38 appearances. Most of those appearances came between late August and the end of the season, but Lawrence also leveraged a solid April and several months with Triple-A Albuquerque into an overall strong extended rookie campaign.
Lawrence was able to capitalize on some key adjustments he made over the offseason and at the start of the 2022 season to great success. These are the kind of adjustments a true big league reliever makes in order to establish and maintain their place in a team’s bullpen.