If I were to tell you that a recently promoted 27-year-old relief-only pitcher had his debut at AAA recently, you would stare at me blankly wondering why I chose to tell you that. If I told you he struck out 4 in two scoreless innings, you’d say cool 27-year-old relievers probably do that all the time in AAA. But if I were to tell you that he made his professional pitching debut at 25-years-old, then you might be intrigued. Now you have a reason why he’s 27 in AAA for the first time that isn’t “he probably sucks.”
The player in question is Jacob Bosiokovic, a 6’6 right-handed pitcher who the Cardinals selected in the minor league portion of the Rule 5 draft back in December of 2019.