Drafted out of Oklahoma State University in the 8th Round of the 2015 Draft, Koda Glover debuted in the majors in July of 2016. It was a quick rise for the Washington Nationals’ then-23-year-old, hard-throwing right-hander, whose first full season as a professional ended with a hip injury that was later diagnosed as a labrum tear.
Glover worked his way back, without undergoing surgery, but the injury issues piled up in 2017, with the hip acting up in April, and a lower back injury leading to a second DL stint in June, before a diagnosis of “severe inflammation” in his right shoulder set him back even further.