When Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Andrew Abbott started playing Little League baseball, his coaches put him in the outfield. When he was a teenager playing travel baseball in Virginia, it took a while for the University of Virginia to even take a look at the left-hander. In the 2020 MLB Draft, Abbott didn’t get picked.
Abbott is 6-foot, 192 pounds. His fastball sits at 93 mph. Now, he’s one of the 15 youngest starting pitchers in MLB at 24 years old.
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