If you’re a longtime reader of this site, you’ll know that we’ve been talking about reliever Joe Broussard from his early days at Double-A Tulsa. In effect, so much time has passed that the 28-year-old righty is beyond his days as a prospect; yet, he still hasn’t risen to the call of pitching at the big league level.
A few years back, he was exposed to rival clubs for the first time by not being protected in the Rule 5 draft; however, much to the surprise of many, the New Orleans native was not snatched up by another team.