In 2019, MacKenzie Gore was the Minor League Pitcher of the Year and the #1 pitching prospect in baseball. Then he had injury and control issues and fell off the radar of most prospect talent evaluators. On Friday night Gore showed the world he’s back and every bit as good as everyone thought he was. The 23-year-old Padres lefty made…
In 2019, MacKenzie Gore was the Minor League Pitcher of the Year and the #1 pitching prospect in baseball. Then he had injury and control issues and fell off the radar of most prospect talent evaluators.The 23-year-old Padres lefty made his Major League debut against Atlanta at Petco Park. He didn't figure in the decision in a 5-2 Braves win but he showed the kind of dominant, top-of-the-rotation stuff that San Diego hoped they were getting when they drafted him 3rd overall in 2017.
Gore struck out the first batter he faced, Braves All-Star Ozzie Albies, with a fastball high in the strike zone. He went 5.1 innings and allowed just two runs, one when he left a heater over the middle of the plate and Albies got him back with a solo homer and another on a bloop single by Marcell Ozuna.
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