After nine long years in the Pirate organization, right-handed starting pitcher Nick Kingham finally made his Major League debut on Sunday afternoon. The former top-100 prospect has overcome Tommy John Surgery and roadblocks throughout his minor league career to finally reach the Big Leagues.
Nick Kingham’s debut came after he got off to a great start at Triple-A Indianapolis this season. In four starts for the Indians he owned a 1.59 ERA, a 2.13 FIP, he was striking out 30.3 percent of the batters he faced, and walked just 7.9 percent of batters faced in 22 2/3 innings pitched.