EP #6 | Walk-on to MLB contract: Matt Leon - Seton Hall Baseball |
EP #6 | Walk-on to MLB contract: Matt Leon - Seton Hall Baseball |Description
Matt Leon showed up to Seton Hall's campus in the Fall of 2014 with no guarantee he'd even end up on the baseball team. To eventually become a UNANIMOUS 1st Team All-Big East player his senior year as a closer, where he holds the Seton Hall single-season saves record with 12 .... to then signing a contract with the LA Angels.
Matt's walk-on story entails:
- How he tried out for consecutive months leading up to the season
- When he found out he made the team
- His battle to be put on scholarship
- Feeling guilty about inquiring for the scholarship that he knew he had earned
- What changed for him his senior year that helped him be so dominant on the mound
- Signing with the Angels in 2018 & where he's at with his pro career right now
Matt and Noah also talk about:
what he'd change about the MLB.....what aspiring MLB players do as side jobs to sustain living expenses.....working on his velocity.....his perspective on the journey overall.....and BETTING ON HIMSELF!
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