I recently attended a Class A game between the Quad City River Bandits and the Cedar Rapids Kernels (Twins). The purpose was to witness the first High A start for 2021 first-round pick Frank Mozzicato. There were a few other players on the Bandit’s roster that I wanted to get a firsthand look at, but the star attraction was Mozzicato.
It was an unseasonably cool night for July, just 71 degrees at first pitch with a breeze from the north. Frank must have been jacked up because he bounced two of his warmup pitches to the screen. Once the game started, he was fine.