“You gotta stop playing shortstop right now, though. Stay as a pitcher and keep working hard because your skills are exceptional.” Right then, Pedro pulls me aside and says to me, “If you stay humble and work hard, you can go far in this game as a pitcher.”
It was the advice that changed Carlos Martínez’s life.
Most Cardinals fans know a little bit of the story that brought Carlos Martínez to pitching for the St. Louis Cardinals. He was a former shortstop, converted to a pitcher, who was originally signed by the Red Sox organization, but through fate and some Visa trouble, ended up with the Cardinals.