Clarke Schmidt could only watch last year as his former South Carolina teammates started their professional baseball careers.
While Schmidt was unable to even pick up a baseball for parts of last summer as he was rehabbing from Tommy John surgery, which cut short his 2017 season at USC, guys like Tyler Johnson, Alex Destino and Wil Crowe were playing in the minor leagues and having success.
“The toughest part for me was the first four months when you can’t pick up a ball… and the fact that you had to watch these games and you see your past college teammates are killing it in the minor leagues.