born october american professional baseball relief pitcher organization grew california played baseball high school prior playing philadelphia_phillies selected 11th round major_league_baseball draft moved way phillies system spending year level rookie class moving levels season mlb debut regular member phillies bullpen years splitting time major leagues dominate league establish reliable capable pitching late inning situations pitch repertoire consists fastball pitch work quickly mound use lower arm slot field member roman catholic church uses baseball strengthen faith sees duty christians like seminary finishes baseball career early life attended california graduated fan los_angeles_dodgers high school coach asserted pitch major leagues long time saying definitely stuff pitch majors stuff confidence odds drafted 11th round player reach majors tenure went attend like starting pitcher professional career minor leagues phillies selected overall pick 11th round major_league_baseball draft assigned phillies rookie level minor league affiliate went earned run average era games starts season advanced went era starts led new_york innings pitched pitching starts phillies named minor league player week mid june season decision phillies minor league pitching coordinator assistant general manager predominantly relief pitcher sitting games week focused pitcher took crack relief pitching ultimately began flourish earning phillies minor league player week honors spot star game season posted record era games starts season participated successful season splitting time high double reading phillies posting era saves games major leagues philadelphia_phillies began season double reading promoted triple valley june success reading recorded seven saves named phillies minor league player week late august making mlb debut philadelphia_phillies september joining team september debut opposing batter ball brother caught ball ultimately scoreless debut went pitch big league games season end season rated seventh best prospect phillies minor league system like given opportunity open season phillies bullpen ended injuring shoulder missing season called injury beat physically mentally returned pitched big league club september conclusion season mentally exhausted golf help divert attention baseball playing rounds offseason credited golf helping overcome mental exhaustion faced season entered relaxed frame mind regular member bullpen pitching games big league club performed considered likely open season firmly phillies bullpen broke spring training major league team appearances optioned minor leagues work commanding pitches notwithstanding phillies right handed relieving options spent significant time reviewing film learned faster pace pitching aggressive pitching style lower arm slot month later late recalled major league team success consecutive scoreless appearances phillies bullpen drastically improved beginning season best major leagues early june drastically improved command helped career walk rate walked batters faced contributed breakout season overshadowed emergence fellow relief pitcher established reliable late innings future free agent following season signed year contract december released march signed minor league contract following day texas_rangers june traded texas_rangers pitching style fastball comprise pitching repertoire fastball averages miles hour occasionally touches miles hour miles hour slower able dominate league total strikeouts established piece phillies bullpen early career closer realizing mentality necessarily success sought relax focus quality setup projecting confidence mound especially phillies young bullpen need reliable late innings great importance emergence successful utilizes lower arm angle works quickly mound personal life devout roman catholic raised large catholic family struggled faith injury early career ultimately determined injury gift god help better understand faith feel setback god telling hey need figure going little time big reason injury happened feel best noted like classes seminary help early professional career struggled find fellow catholics noted teammates religious small towns house minor league teams catholic churches found easy slide away leading catholic lifestyle realizing life material success discovered need god developed faith aside faith enjoys writing recording music playing guitar brothers older steve played minor leagues younger chris caught foul ball major league debut offseason preceding season involved controversy involving phillies blogger black lives matter campaign tweeted sick black white men women garbage going people responded scathing column blog affiliated espn stated system violence didn luxury born white male straight economically stable area subsequently penned facebook commented hope time talk personally time decide hide computer screen criticize upbringing character based characters apologize said platform use agenda love
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