Dodgers Sign Undrafted Free Agent Son of Former Big League Pitcher
Despite not being picked in the 2023 draft, the Dodgers made the dreams of one young pitching prospect all the more close to reality.
It was announced earlier this week that LA signed Cole Cressend, the son of former Major League pitcher Jack Cressend from the University of Lousiana, Monroe.
On hearing the news, the elder Cressend could not be happier and expressed as such in a tweet with the rest of the Cressend family.
Jack Cressend started his career in the majors with the Twins at the start of the century.
After three seasons in Minnesota, the reliever moved on to play two more seasons for the Royals.
Once his stint in Kansas City was over, Cressend decided to attempt a comeback to mixed results and promptly retired in 2006 after a six-year career in professional baseball.
Cressend's son Cole played his college ball in Lousiana for the Warhawks where he pitched 100 innings mostly as a starter.
In his most recent showing Cole threw well in the Cape Cod League for summer ball and the Dodgers decided to give the young man a chance for a path to the majors.
The addition is the second significant pitching addition of the offseason for the Dodgers as the team signed the most prized young pitcher in the international market.
We'll see if Cressend can continue his rising trajectory to eventually be a major league player.
Among the talents that the Dodgers have had over the decades in their farm system, Cressend has a chance to add his name to the like of Valenzuela, Kershaw and more recently Miller.
Never afraid to look further into the future, Andrew Friedman and company surely see something in the young arm.
Should he rise through the minors, it's best to keep an eye out for the name of Cole Cressend.
