My favorite major league player that doesn’t play for the Yankees is a young righty that many of you have probably never heard of, at least not yet.  He is currently the youngest player on a major league roster.  His name is Rick Porcello, starting pitcher for the Detroit Tigers.  Rick went to Seton Hall Prep and was drafted in the first round 27th overall in the 2007 draft.  He had been projected to go higher in the draft but his agent, Scott Boras, scared many small market teams away from him. I started following Rick during his senior season at Seton Hall Prep.  I happened to go to high school 20 minutes away from him and had the pleasure of watching him pitch a perfect game, which was by far the most impressive game I’ve ever seen pitched.  Sporting News ran an article during Rick’s senior year about how reaching 300 wins as a pitcher is even harder than it used to be.  In the article it said that Tom Glavine and Randy Johnson may be the last 2 pitchers to reach the milestone.  In a side box they had several pitchers they believe have a chance to reach 300 wins, Rick was one of them.  He is a promising young pitcher who has a great career ahead of him. He is currently 5-3 with a 3.55 ERA and in 8 starts has only walked 15 batters.  He is a very exciting pitcher who you should get used to hearing about because Rick is going to be a star.