WASHINGTON - It was a long and winding road that brought Tyler Eppler to the Washington Nationals – and now he hasn’t been able to pitch in a real game this season.
Drafted out of Sam Houston by the Pirates in 2014, he reached Triple-A in the Pittsburgh system four years later. He pitched in Japan last season and joined the Nationals prior to the 2020 campaign.
Now he has been spending this summer at the alternate site in Fredericksburg as part of the 60-player pool.
“He knows how to pitch.