There are many key moments in a young man’s life: his first kiss, first date, first car, etc. For a baseball player, the former remains true, but there’s nothing like getting a taste of major league action, even if it’s in a Spring Training game.
Towards the end of the Pirates’ spring training, we saw several Complex League guys get the call up for defensive substitutions and even get an at-bat or two. For Pirates’ prospect Deion Walker, this meant everything to him.
“There are so many ways I can describe getting that chance, euphoric, unreal, amazing,” said Walker.