It would be easy to take a quick look at Jack Hartman, the Pittsburgh Pirates fourth round pick from 2020, and assume he was just another college senior signed to help save signing bonus money towards other players.
As he works his way back from Tommy John surgery, it is starting to look like there may be more to him than that.
Hartman didn’t have the most pitching experience, despite being a college senior. He didn’t switch to the mound and focus on pitching until later in his college career and only logged 33 2/3 innings during his time at Appalachian State.