Last year at this time Marco Gonzales was still recovering from a torn ulnar collateral ligament that required Tommy John surgery.
And now? He’s poised to make his first start of the season on Tuesday at San Francisco after experiencing his first major-league Opening Day in Seattle, just a few hours from where he played college baseball for Gonzaga.
“It’s night and day different for me (from 2017),” Gonzales said. “It’s a beautiful thing to have a healthy arm and it’s a beautiful thing to have an opportunity like this. So I’m not taking anything for granted.