If you were expecting a bounce back year for Blue Jays Relief Pitcher Steve Delabar, I’m sorry to inform you, it didn’t happen. Maybe this is just yet another chapter in Delabar’s crazy career path to Major League success. Delabar was drafted out of college in 29th round in 2003 to the San Diego Padres. Delabar wouldn’t be a highly sought after prospect as a starting pitcher, but with a lethal repertoire of pitches, all being thrown at amazing whiff rates, maybe he was underrated as a bullpen piece coming into the draft.
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Starting out in A ball, to some pretty poor results, Delabar would continue cut his innings in half each season while doubling his ERA.