Clovis West grad Tyler Ferguson pitching for Oakland A's after 9 years in MiLB

OAKLAND, Calif. (KFSN) -- Clovis West grad Tyler Ferguson is surviving the dream. It conscionable came aboriginal than helium thought.

Since Ferguson was recalled connected July 2, the Oakland A's person the 3rd champion grounds successful baseball.

The Clovis West grad pitched different cleanable eighth inning connected Thursday arsenic Oakland won 3-1.

Now, he's making the astir of his clip successful the show.

"This is an unthinkable experience. Don't fto it get excessively big. Who knows however agelong you get to play this crippled astatine this level," Ferguson explained.

It's a acquisition the Ferguson has learned the hard way.

After helping Vanderbilt marque the College World Series, Ferguson was drafted by the Texas Rangers successful the sixth circular of the 2015 MLB Draft.

He'd walk the adjacent decennary playing successful 3 countries, for 12 antithetic teams astatine 17 antithetic stops.

"When I got released successful 2019 I ended up playing autarkic shot successful Canada and started to bask shot again," Ferguson recalled.

That reignited his emotion for the crippled and aft 5 years of moving his mode up the insignificant league rank, brought him to the telephone of his dreams.

"I really landed astatine 11:15 for a 12:30 game," said Ferguson.

On May 7th, helium made his large league debut for the Oakland A's pitching 2 scoreless innings against, of each teams, the Rangers.

The aforesaid squad that drafted him astir a decennary prior.

"It's conscionable a shot crippled successful the end. People mightiness not similar maine saying that but there's a batch much important things successful beingness than conscionable baseball. I'm enjoying each 2nd that I've been capable to beryllium astatine this level," Ferguson said.

That position from the soon to beryllium 31-year-old rookie has led to an easiness erstwhile helium takes the mound.

"Been a batch of fun. We've been pitching well, hitting well. Just playing amended baseball," Ferguson explained.

He secured his archetypal prevention connected July 25th and connected August 15th, earned his archetypal large league win.

"To beryllium capable to person occurrence has been unthinkable I ever hoped I would but these guys are truthful good. When I came up present successful May I didn't person the aforesaid success."

As for his future, he's keeping things successful perspective, hoping his play the past fewer months volition support him with the A's long-term.

"This crippled is tough. You gotta spell up and instrumentality attraction of your occupation time successful and time out. That's conscionable my extremity is to effort and fig retired hitters astatine this level and effort to get to 2 strikes arsenic accelerated arsenic possible," Ferguson said.

In 35 innings, Ferguson has struck retired 42 batters.

One helium truly wants to onslaught retired is erstwhile Bulldog Aaron Judge.

The Yankees volition question to look Ferguson and the A's astatine the extremity of September.

It'll beryllium the last play homestand successful the past of the Coliseum earlier the squad moves to Sacramento.

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