Originally Posted by
rico43
Now and forever, left-hander Matt Marksberry is the first member of the 2013 draft class to reach the majors, and has made a pretty good accounting for himself. My question is: did anyone call this guy as a fast riser? And by anyone, I mean folks here, Shanks, Gondeee, Talking Chop -- anybody. I want to shake their hand because I don't know if I even included his stats more than a couple of time when he wasn't the winner or loser.
Here is the background:
15th-round pick out of Campbell University. He debuted at Danville (1-3, 5.08, 12 games, six starts).
In 2014, started at Rome (22 starts, 5-10, 3.55, 112 IP, 100 H for a hideous team.
Promoted to Lynchburg, (1-0, 10.80) in two relief appearances.
In 2015, began at Carolina (3-1, 2.78, 2 saves) 22 games all in relief, 22 hits allowed in 36 innings (35 Ks).
Promoted all the way to Gwinnett, (0-0, 2.61, 1 save), 11 games, all in relief. 10 IP, 10 H, 8 Ks.
In the majors, no runs allowed in his first four appearances.
I look at those numbers, and I still don't see it!
FYI: He is the first Braves player to wear 66 in a regular season game.
(Jorge Julio wore 65, Ian Thomas wore 67)
And don't you love the glasses!