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I was just digging around to see if Connor Overton has a chance of being called up to the Blue Jays from AAA. I had been following his stats all year but hadn't read any articles on him before today. He was primarily a reliever over his career but saw that he was getting some starts.

Found this article on how he got his first start. Jeff Ware was a great pitcher for the Monarchs and is now his pitching coach.

Quote:Due to multiple call-ups and injuries to routine starters the Bisons have featured nine different starting pitchers in 21 games. Overton has given Bisons’ manager Casey Candaele much-needed flexibility to endure, including two improvised starts in May.

Overton made his first start for the Bisons on May 9 after expected starter Nate Pearson was called up to the Toronto Blue Jays. He found out he was starting the night before the game.

“Once we find found out that Nate was going up, I had asked [pitching coach] Jeff [Ware] if I could be the starter and I was kind of joking you know,” said Overton. “He took it into consideration and then at the end of the game last night he let me know that I was going to be the starter.”

https://www.milb.com/news/notebook-overt...-ball-well