After being drafted number 5 overall in 2010, Drew Pomeranz entered the 2011 season as the Indians #4 prospect. In an Indians organization that was rated as the 10th best farm system in the big leagues by Bleacher Report, he had a bright future on his radar. Then he was traded to the Rockies in a mega deal for Ubaldo Jimenez, who at the time was a top of the rotation star for Colorado. Pomeranz started his career in Colorado on an auspicious note as a couple of weeks after he got there his appendix decided it didn’t like Colorado and he underwent an emergency appendectomy.
Drew Pomeranz finds success with Padres
