Meet Tyler Uberstine, the Red Sox newest roster addition whose path to MLB seems impossible
The odds of him making it don't make sense.
Meet Tyler Uberstine, the Red Sox newest roster addition whose path to MLB seems impossible originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Tyler Uberstine didn't make his high school's varsity baseball team as a junior.
Tyler Uberstine was 5-foot-6 when he enrolled at USC, and he simply joined the club baseball team. Tyler Uberstine was a 19th-round draft pick of the Boston Red Sox , their second-to-last pick. Tyler Uberstine spent his first three pro seasons going no higher up the ladder than High-A.
Tyler Uberstine blew out his elbow three years ago. Tyler Uberstine is a Major League Baseball player. That's the journey, one that in so many ways doesn't make sense.
But it has brought Uberstine to MLB, a Red Sox call-up on Friday. If the right-handed pitcher takes the mound, he'll be making his major league debut. It will be one of the most unlikely journeys to ever end up with game action for the Red Sox.