Nebraska Cornhuskers: Nate Fisher’s redemption arc leads to Mets
Former Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball players are having quite a run late this summer. First, there is the story of Cade Povich, who has been burning up the Baltimore Orioles‘ farm system.
Now there’s the story of Nate Fisher. The lefty pitcher last threw a baseball for the Nebraska baseball team back in 2019 when he went 7-3 with a record, and a 3.27 earned run average.
It turns out that season was just the beginning of the hurler’s redemption arc, considering his 2019 numbers were quite an improvement over the year prior when he went just 1-5 with a 7.24 earned run average.
It appears that the redemption arc has hit its peak with the announcement by Jeff Passan that the New York Mets have selected Fisher’s contract, and he will be joining the Big League team today.
Fourteen months ago, Nate Fisher was out of baseball and working a finance job in Omaha. Today, he had his contract selected by the New York Mets and will join them as a left-handed reliever.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) August 21, 2022
Baseball always has great stories, and Fisher’s ascent from bank to bullpen qualifies.
The announcement that the former Nebraska Cornhuskers pitcher is going to be pitching in the bigs out of a World Series contending team is even bigger considering where Fisher came from.
In 2019, after he finished his Huskers career, he briefly latched on with the Seattle Mariners organization but pitched just two games at the A Ball level before he was cut loose.
It turns out that Fisher left baseball and started to pursue his second career in finance, eventually working at a bank in Omaha.
However, in 2021 Fisher decided to give his major league dreams another shot, and this time things worked out quite a bit better. The former Nebraska Cornhuskers ace rejoined the Mariners organization and quickly rose from Rookie League to AAA Tacoma.
This year, Fisher joined the Mets system and had 12 impressive outings for AA Binghamton before doing the same (mostly as a starter) for AAA Syracuse.
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Earlier this week, Fisher was promoted to the Mets’ taxi squad and today was promoted to the official active roster. Just when Nebraska Cornhuskers fans will get to see Fisher pitch is anyone’s guess, but when he does, he’ll be trying to help his new team not only make the playoffs but get all the way to the World Series.