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And he remembered why he sent Kruger in for the final inning, making him a major leaguer forever.

Eovaldi’s success after his second surgery with the New York Yankees in 2016 — he had his first as a high school junior in 2007 — helped light the path for Taillon, who had surgeries as a minor leaguer in 2014 and with the Pirates in 2019.

When it comes to teenagers who look the part of a future major leaguer, Quentin Young of Oaks Christian comes to mind.

She’s the daughter of former major leaguer Jeff Suppan.

“For every guy, I wrote, ‘Fringe major leaguer,’" Uecker said of his days scouring amateur games. "So in case he made it nobody could say, ‘How’d you miss that guy?’