Size doesn’t matter as long as you perform. Even still, the average height of major league players in 2016 was over 6-foot. Pitchers are typically even taller.
Wesley Wright is the exception. He’s 5-foot-9 barefoot, maybe 5-10 with spikes. The left-handed reliever who is hoping to earn a spot with the Rangers hasn’t let his stature hold him back.
Left-handed reliever Wesley Wright last pitched in the majors in 2015, when he threw 7 1/3 innings for the Angels and Orioles after battling shoulder fatigue and inflammation.
“When baseball season is over I always feel like an average normal-height American,” Wright joked.