The career of Danny Hultzen has been a turbulent one. The Seattle Mariners selected the University of Virginia alum with the second overall pick in the 2011 draft. Hultzen was billed as a “pro ready pitcher,” and was expected to race through the M’s system.
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Instead, injuries have derailed Hultzen’s career. He missed the entire 2014 season recovering from offseason shoulder surgery, and pitched just 8 innings this past season before being shut down. It has been nearly five years since the M’s drafted Hultzen, and he has still never appeared in a big league game.