Ramon Fuentes is having himself a day for the ages.
Not solely did he hop on a last-minute flight from Colombia to Miami to look at his son, Didier, make his MLB debut, however he managed to catch a foul ball within the stands at LoanDepot Park.
In reality, Ramon made the snag within the prime of the primary inning, getting his fingers on a stay MLB ball earlier than his son did so a half-inning later.
The second got here with two outs within the prime of the primary, when Austin Riley lifted a two-out fastball from Marlins starter Janson Junk excessive above the primary bottom line.
The ball bounced, caromed off the netting and dropped proper into the fingers of Ramon, who made the barehanded seize.
“In your first day here you get a foul ball in a game that your son is pitching? There are people that’ll tell you about going to big league ball games for 30, 40 years and never getting a foul ball,” analyst C.J. Nitkowski stated on the Braves’ FanDuel Sports activities Community broadcast. “Let’s hope that is a sign of good things to come tonight.”
Didier’s begin didn’t go fairly the best way he or Ramon had hoped — the righty went 5 innings, however he gave up 4 earned runs and 6 hits in an eventual 6-2 loss to Miami.
Didier is ranked because the Tenth-best prospect within the Braves group by MLB.com, and he grew to become the youngest energetic participant within the majors, the youngest Atlanta starter since 1969 and MLB’s youngest beginning pitcher since Julio Urías made his debut with the Dodgers in August 2016.
He turned 20 years outdated simply three days earlier than making his MLB debut.
The Tolu, Colombia native has posted a 4.81 ERA throughout 9 begins at three minor league ranges this season earlier than getting referred to as as much as the Braves and incomes the beginning nod for Friday’s sport.
Loss apart, the debut was absolutely a particular second for Didier and the final word late Father’s Day reward for Ramon, with the foul ball memento because the cherry on prime.
