Last night, Emerson Hancock—taken sixth in the 2020 MLB Draft—faced off against Garrett Crochet, who went 10th overall that same year to the White Sox. But each pitcher took a vastly different path to the majors. Crochet, who worked out of the bullpen and as a spot starter at Tennessee, was pressed into MLB service in his draft year as the White Sox made it to the Wild Card series; he’d go on to pitch out of the White Sox bullpen in 2021 before needing TJ surgery, missing all of 2022 and most of 2023 before returning, this time as a starting pitcher.
Emerson Hancock is failing upwards (complimentary)
