During his many years coming up in baseball, Tyler Dyson did not picture himself a pitcher.
Dyson started T-ball at age 2 in Massachusetts with his older brother, Ryan, and would spend the next 15 years — his later ones in Bradenton — evolving into a skilled infielder with a dependable bat.
Recruited as a third baseman by the Florida Gators, Dyson began to show some potential as a pitcher during summer ball prior to his senior season at Braden High.
“I pitched a little bit my junior year,” he recalled. “But I was just a guy.