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Former # 1 Pick Mark Appel makes his MLB debut nine years after being drafted

(CNN)It's been nine years since it was created, but the former No. 1 Mark Appel isMLB {9. } Debut on Wednesday after his career has been shaken by injuries and mental health problems.

Appel, chosen by Houston Astros, who was ranked first in the 2013 MLB draft, made his debut atPhiladelphia Phillies, pitching ninth and. I participated.Inning with no points in the defeat of 4-1.

"One of the things I knew this year was that every day might be my last, and really I was trying to figure out what my role was. Starter, I'm still able to give good numbers, so if every day is the last, I hope you'll enjoy it and it was really fun tonight, "Apel said. game.

Within a month of turning 31, Appel will be the oldest No. 1 pick in baseball history to make its MLB debut.

Phillies gained right-handedness in a 2015 deal, bringing Ken Giles closer to Houston. After struggling with Phillies' minor league system, Appel was assigned to a mission in 2017 and eventually retired in 2018.

In 2021, after Stanford products returned to the organization for minor league spring training, apost on Twitterat the time, "2013, I MLB I was ranked number one overall in the draft. Five years later, I was called "the biggest bust in MLB history."

"Today I'm on my way home. I'm here sharing both of the hard-earned lessons I've learned so far."

He In the first year of Double A, Appel struggled to post a 6.06 ERA 3-6 record in 23 appearances, 15 of which were starting pitchers. After some hard work, the 30-year-old was taken back to Phillies and pitched out of Bullpen. In the Triple A Lee High Valley, he set a record of 1.61 ERA in 19 appearances, achieving an impressive 5-0 record. Injured list.

"I felt like I was being taken by this fellow major league baseball player," Appel said of his Wednesday debut, adding that "it was hard to hold back tears."

Appel was highly touted for graduating from high school, and the Detroit Tigers drafted him in the 15th round of his June amateur draft in 2009 MLB. After choosing a contract with Stanford University in 2013, Appel was again drafted by Pittsburgh Pirates this time in the first round. Appel chose to return to school again and was finally selected for the first pick by the Houston Astros the following year.