A career in baseball has a funny way of working itself out for some players. Some people spend their entire life toiling in Triple-A, waiting for just a sniff of The Show. Others start the year in Double-A and miss three months with a freak injury before debuting in September.
The latter was the case for Dillon Peters in 2017. After a slew of injuries and disappointments, the lefty Peters received the call and stepped into the rotation at the end of the year for the then Flounderin’ Fish.
But he didn’t just step into the rotation.