With minor league baseball underway, one of our favorite parts of covering the minors are the guys that come out of nowhere to surprise the hell out of us. Don’t get me wrong...watching Michael Harris tear through High-A gets us all hot and bothered, but seeing new storylines emerge in the farm system and having new players to talk about is something unique to the minor leagues.
Case in point: Spencer Strider
Strider was the Braves’ 4th round pick in the 2020 draft and was the pick that we were the most curious about from that draft class.