At the outset of Spring Training, over on the Meet at the Mitt Podcast, myself, Kate, and Max spoke with Ryan Sloan about his nascent career, the delight of being a teenager and hitting the thresholds of velocity and movement that you’re seeing on television from your sports heroes, and the foodie opportunities afforded by a career made of short business trips all across North America. The 19 year old fireballer is Seattle’s toolsiest pitching prospect, earning the 2024 2nd round pick this lofty locale in a system flush with likely future big leaguers.
Sloan hails from Chicagoland, growing up in Elmhurst, IL and pitching himself into first round consideration ahead of last year’s draft.