Nate Pearson looked every bit like the ace he’s projected to be in his MLB debut. ShiDavidi has more on the electric rookie.
TORONTO – About three weeks before the 2017 draft, Matt Bishoff got a text message with an unexpected invitation.
On his way home from the session, Bishoff immediately called Steve Sanders, the Pittsburgh Pirates assistant GM who at the time was the Blue Jays’ amateur scouting director, and told him to send the cavalry down for the showcase, because Pearson had to be in their top-30 mix. The club had two first-round picks that year, Nos.
So, too, are the Blue Jays, who within weeks of signing Pearson for a $2.453 million bonus came to realize they had stolen a top-five talent at the end of the first round. His long-awaited ascension has the potential to be a pivotal progression point for the franchise, which has needed the type of foundational pillar for the rotation that Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette, Cavan Biggio and Danny Jansen have provided for the position-player core.
Pearson’s best inning was his last, when he struck out Andrew Stevenson with an 84.5 m.p.h. slider, won a nine-pitch duel with Victor Robles on an 83 m.p.h. slider and then induced a weak fly out from Turner to end his evening at 75 pitches.Max Scherzer
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