MacKenzie Gore has a special left arm, giving him the ability to locate fastballs with surgical precision and feature four plus pitches. There is little doubt about why he was put on this earth. But part of the human condition is considering what could have been. Internal conflict can come after imagining how life would be different if an alternate career was pursued. But even when the right decisions are made, there is still room for Gore to speculate.
“I hadn’t decided [on my degree], but I was leaning towards something like accounting,” he said.
Gore passed on East Carolina University (ECU) for the San Diego Padres after being selected third overall in the 2017 MLB Draft.