(Photo: Tony Gutierrez, Associated Press)
Arlington, Texas — Travis Demeritte was a first-round pick of the Texas Rangers in 2013. On Friday, six years and two organizations later, he made his MLB debut — at Globe Life Park, against the Rangers, as a Detroit Tiger.
“It’s full circle, man,” he said before the game. “Like it was destined to be.”
If that’s true, then destiny has a twisted sense of humor. Because the road this 24-year-old Georgia native traveled to reach his destiny was littered with failure and full of potholes, road blocks, unforeseen turns and detours.