GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Michael Lorenzen isn’t shy about what he thinks he can do on a baseball field. Sure, he’s proven he can be an electric reliever, pairing his high-90s fastball with a variety of secondary pitches to post a 2.88 ERA out of the bullpen last year. If he had a long and storied career as a feared back-end reliever, no one would be surprised.
But that’s an awful small box to be placed in, Lorenzen thinks. Similarly small is the debate about whether he should start or relieve. The 25-year-old right-hander wants more than that.
He wants to be the first two-way player in modern baseball history.