Baseball Buddy Boshers Looking for MLB Success with Blue Jays by Eli Fishman May 26, 2019 Buddy Boshers is a current Toronto Blue Jays minor leaguer, pitching for the Jays Triple-A affiliate, Buffalo Bisons. Boshers has had quite the baseball story since he first started pro baseball in 2008. After five years working his way up through the Los Angeles Angels system, he was promoted to the big leagues on August 10, 2013 and spent the final two months of the season in a middle-relief role, throwing in 25 games while allowing only 13 hits. The following season, the southpaw wasn’t called up and spent the entire season in the minors. The next season, Boshers signed with the Colorado Rockies but was released after spring training. At 27, with no team to report to, he decided to roll the dice and turn to independent baseball, signing a contract with the Somerset Patriots of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB). The Atlantic League is known for sending players back to affiliated ball, and in the 21 years of existence it has sent 900 players to affiliated ball and 20 players to the big leagues. Somerset Patriots “It’s actually a really competitive league…I would compare it to Double-A or Triple-A ball for the most part. A lot of guys I played with had big league experience so it’s not just somewhere you go to play ball.” Boshers dominated with the Patriots, posting an ERA of 1.00 and leading the Patriots to the 2015 league championship. Following the season, his contract was purchased by the Minnesota Twins, and only a few months after he was playing independent baseball in Somerset, New Jersey he pitched on a big league mound for the first time in three years. Boshers combined for 75 outings throughout his two seasons with the Twins, putting up an era a little above 4. “Honestly It’s really surreal knowing that I was out of affiliated ball for a year and getting back and knowing that if you just trust the process and keep doing what you’re doing… It will work,” Boshers tells me. Hannah Foslien/Getty Images After bouncing around in the minors between teams such as the Pirates, Astros and Reds, Boshers has settled in with the Jays, and is looking to make another major comeback in his career to the bigs. With Triple-A he has posted a 2.70 ERA and is hoping to help the struggling Blue Jays come into the second half strong if he is able to get the call. “ (I’m) Just trying to get back to the ultimate goal which is being in the big leagues… You just have to trust the process and stick with it.” Post Views: 1,470 The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Eli Fishman Eli Fishman is a 16-year old college and minor league baseball writer for Double G Sports. He writes about MLB and MLB Draft prospects. Eli has experience broadcasting college baseball and has his own website and YouTube channel where he interviews professional baseball players. Latest posts by Eli Fishman (see all) Yankees Legends, Somerset Patriots Announce New Double-A Affiliation - November 11, 2020 A Recap of Thursday’s Mets Protest, PR Mess - August 29, 2020 MLBN Adds Buck Showalter as Analyst - August 26, 2020 Mike Trout Rookie Card Sells For Record-Breaking $3.9 Million - August 24, 2020 Related Topics 1 Comment 1 Comment You must be logged in to post a comment Login Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Newsletter Subscription Can't Miss Posts! Women in Sports: NHL Network Host, Jackie Redmond by Nicholas Durst | posted on March 4, 2019 Women in Sports: Podcast Host, New York Riptide Sideline Reporter, Dani Wexelman by Luke Porco | posted on March 3, 2020 From Paramus High School to CBS Sports, Spero Dedes is making waves in sports broadcasting by Sunil Sunder Raj | posted on October 27, 2020 Lochte, Dressel and Ledecky all Chasing Gold at 2021 Tokyo Olympics by Anthony Paradiso | posted on April 18, 2021 “Overtime” l Ep. 28: TopSpin Celeb-Athlete Tournament – Dec. 6, 2018 by Stefany Romero | posted on December 19, 2018 More in Baseball You Know I’m Right, Episode 112: New York Jets’ Insider Brian Costello (Audio/Video) On the 112th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 109: The Athletic’s Marc Carig (Audio/Video) On the 109th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 108: WFAN’s Sweeny Murti (Audio/Video) On the 108th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 107: New York Post’s Columnist Mike Vaccaro (Audio/Video) On the 107th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... McNeil and Cano head to the Injured List Get to know Phillies prospect Kyle Dohy