2020 Marlins Season Review: James Hoyt

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images It’s never too late for a breakout year! Take right-hander James Hoyt, for example. At age 33, he emerged as a key cog in the Marlins bullpen by trusting a highly unconventional game plan. That being said, let’s be careful to set realistic expectations for him moving forward.

Hoyt’s MLB career stats Baseball-Reference Your browser does not support HTML5 video.As Bryant-Jon Anteola of The Fresno Bee detailed, Hoyt left baseball entirely a decade ago after completing his college degree. Later on, he got the itch to return to the mound and gradually climbed the indy ball and minor league ranks, only to get buried on the depth charts of pitching-rich…