In 2015, Beau Burrows was an overpowering right-handed high school pitcher from Weatherford, Texas, who was such a highly regarded prospect that the Detroit Tigers made him their first-round draft pick, and signed him with a $2.1 million bonus . By 2019 he had risen to be the Tigers No. 6 overall prospect . He had also been ranked among the top 100 prospects in baseball by both MLB Pipeline and Baseball America .

“It was awesome,” Burrows told The Athletic later. “A great feeling. I was on top of the world for a year or two.”

But a series of injuries unraveled Burrows' career. He bounced among five organizations and he started this year pitching in the Mexican League. But on May 7, the Pittsburgh Pirates saw something in him and signed him to a minor league contract, as listed

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