I started as I always do, hot corner slugger. I guess if you wanna be game technical, a "sparking slugger."
Stupid me, I didn't do any batting practice and just jumped into the combine. I ended up getting a C for hitting, which i wasn't pleased with. Wasn't hard or anything, just didn't get my groove back fast enough during the limited number of pitches. Finished with "A" in fielding, and proceeded to the 4 games.
I did ok. I got a hit in 3 of the 4 games. Nothing over the top. My projection ended up being for the 6th round.
Draft came around, and I ended up indeed going in the 6th to the Angel's. Actually, I was happy a 3B needy team took me, so I didn't have to sit behind a star.
I flew to the majors, and I mean flew. I lit up AA batting over .400, and hit over .350 in AAA, and managed to sneak into the majors for 49 games. I hit .303 with 17hrs and 49 RBI, cruising to rookie of the year honors. I'm glad it shows on my player card. Gone are the notebooks with player awards I used to keep.
I resigned with the team following my first year. 2 years, $1.6 million.
As of now, I am just playing an entire series, followed up by simming the next series. Unless it's a 4 game series or a ballpark I enjoy playing in ex: Fenway Park, Roger's Center, Coors etc etc. For me, it's a good balance of not feeling too short of a career or too long.
Will update at the midpoint of my first full season in the Majors.
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