The 1 overall pick of 2013, which includes a three-season absence from the game in his baseball career, is getting its first major league call-up in its 30th year on Saturday.
Interim manager Rob Thomson told reporters Friday night that the Philadelphia Phillies are bringing right-handed apples from Triple-A Le Valley because reliever Connor Brogden is on the COVID-19 list of injuries.
“It simply came to our notice then. I have a lot of thoughts I want to share but can’t find the words, so I’ll just say: I’m grateful, “Apple Tweeted Saturday morning. “Today, I can play my favorite sport as a Major League Baseball player.”
Apple has spent the last two seasons playing doubles and triple-A for the Phillies. He has a 5-0 record and 1.61 ERA in 19 games for Leh Valley this season.
He re-entered the Phyllis Institute in 2021 after announcing in February 2018 that he was retiring from baseball due to injuries to his labrum and rotator cuff, which eventually led to surgery.
One of the most decorated pitchers in NCAA history, the Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Apple’s eighth in 2012, but returned to Stanford for its senior season, and the Houston Astros placed him ahead of Chris Bryant in 2013. Selected. When Apple entered the trade in December 2015, it joined Phillies, which brought Ken Giles closer to Houston.
The Phillies are playing their third match in a four-match series against the San Diego Padres on Saturday after splitting the first two.
The report uses information from ESPN’s David Schoenfield.
