Underrated Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen no longer a fringe player

Posted May 13, 2023
It’s the bulletin board that flashes inside Zac Gallen’s brain and burns in his soul every time he steps on the mound. The Cardinals considered him nothing more than a fringe player with prized pitching prospect Sandy Alcantara in their 2017 trade to acquire outfielder Marcell Ozuna from the Marlins? "Yep, that was it, I was just a throw-in," Gallen says. (USA Today)

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