Colin Holderman never made much noise in the minor leagues. A ninth-round draft pick out of college in 2016, Holderman’s path to the big leagues was anything but linear. Due to his Tommy John surgery in 2018 and the 2020 pandemic season, Holderman didn’t even reach to Double-A until 2021, his age-25 season.
It was at Double-A, though, that the young pitcher found something. He went on the IL after just his first two starts of the season for Binghamton, and when he returned in July, he was moved to the bullpen for the first time. It was there that his fastball, which only sat in the low 90s in 2019, suddenly played up to the mid-to-high 90s, even scraping triple digits at points.