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Singleton opened 2016 in the minors at Triple-A, then spent all of 2017 at Double-A, never once sniffing the majors as the Astros made their way to a World Series championship. He struggled similarly the following year in 2015, striking out in 36% of plate appearances. Singleton signed a five-year, $10 million extension in 2014, becoming the first player to sign a multiyear, multimillion extension before appearing in a big-league game. 25 prospect overall by Baseball Prospectus in 2013.
He was one of the best prospects in the league, rated as high as the No. Singleton became a big name around baseball in the early 2010s with Houston. Singleton, 31, was an eighth-round draft pick of the Philadelphia Phillies back in 2009, but he ascended to elite prospect status with the Houston Astros. Singleton making it back wasn’t just unexpected not all that long ago, too, but almost unthinkable. Singleton was once a top prospect, but was out of baseball within a few years of his debut Your family, your friends, they're always behind you, but just to do it every day, that's something very difficult." You have faith and belief in what you can do, your faith and belief in God. "Honestly, keeping the faith, you know, that's, that is definitely something very hard," Singleton said. Singleton found himself in the starting lineup Saturday, for the first time since July 29, 2015, just a matter of hours after being pulled from the game with Triple-A Nashville in the ninth inning of a tie. “There's been a lot of things I've done emotionally, physically, spiritually, to get to this point. “There's been a lot of hard work that I've put in,” Singleton said. Singleton’s remarkable journey just keeps going.
Singleton made his long-awaited return to a major-league clubhouse as his towering presence stood in the visiting clubhouse at Great American Ball Park after being called up by the Milwaukee Brewers ahead of the second game of the series against the Cincinnati Reds.
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That’s how long it had been – nearly eight full years – since Jon Singleton last was on an active roster in the major leagues. Watch Video: Devin Williams on his highs and lows from Brewers win against the RaysĬINCINNATI – Two thousand, eight hundred one days.
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