In the fourth round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft the Pittsburgh Pirates drafted right-handed prep pitcher Nick Kingham. After being drafted it did not take Kingham long to become one of the Pirates’ top pitching prospects. In fact, Kingham was a top-100 prospect in all of baseball in both 2014 and 2015.
Entering the 2015 season Kingham seemed prime to make his Major League debut. He finished the 2014 season at Triple-A and due to this it appeared he would get the call up to the Pirates at some point in 2015. However, the would not be the case.