New D-back, former ASU pitcher Kelly hoping to break into majors

Feb 15 2019 by Yardbarker: Arizona Diamondbacks

Scottsdale, Ariz. — Despite growing up only a few minutes from Salt River Fields, playing his college baseball at Arizona State and owning a house in north Scottsdale, it hasn’t sunk in for Merrill Kelly that he’s an Arizona Diamondback. Four years playing professional baseball in South Korea — 6,000 miles from Arizona — and a sudden return to the states in what will likely culminate in the 30-year-old’s MLB debut has him trying to distinguish fantasy and reality. There’s a...
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