Cole Uvila is a Texas Rangers pitching prospect who put himself on the map last year with a terrific season in A ball, followed by a dominating Arizona Fall League stint. A righthanded reliever, Uvila will likely start the 2020 season with the Frisco Roughriders, and its not out of the question he could be pitching in Arlington at some point this season.
I had the opportunity to talk to Cole, who is a very interesting person with a great backstory, along with being a very interesting prospect. This is Part I of the Q&A I did with Uvila, where he talks about his years playing college ball for three different schools, working his way back from Tommy John surgery, and the experience of getting selected in the last round of the 2018 Draft:
AJM: I know you’re a native of the Pacific Northwest, and started in junior college in Washington, and then you ended up transferring to Georgia State University (in Atlanta) for your junior year.