At a defining moment during one of several conversations Oliver Marmol had recently with burgeoning slugger Nolan Gorman about giving him the chance to expand his role with the team and test his might against left-handed pitching, the manager asked him a question with a wink.
“Ready to grow up?” Marmol said.
Gorman said yes, he wanted that opportunity.
“More than anything,” the infielder explained later. “That’s why we’re all here. We all want to be in there every day. I want it more than anything.”
Within a week of being asked if he was ready to grow up, Gorman has gone up, up, and away.