What’s next for the most prominent local player in the major leagues? Hard to tell.
2015 Batesville High grad Bryan Hoeing may resume his relief pitching role, or be forced by other pitchers’ injuries to start more games, besides the ones he opened in recent weeks. Hoeing tells our Rob Lafary this week in the Osgood Journal that despite not getting into last week’s Reds games in Cincy, just being there was, in his words, “one of the coolest moments of my baseball career.” He recalls multiple boyhood trips there with his family.
Former Bulldog coach Alex Davis took his family to the Ballpark to see Bryan, and Hoeing says he’s regularly in touch with his former basketball coach, Aaron Garrett, too.
Hoeing hopes youth players around the region look at his success getting to the big leagues, and realize anything’s possible. The Marlins open their 2nd half against the Mets in New York.