CLEARWATER, Fla. (WPVI) -- Pitcher Mark Appel has a goal. A lofty one. "I want to be the best pitcher on this team, I want to be the best pitcher in baseball," Appel said. Before Mark Appel can be the ...

Nine years after the Houston Astros drafted Mark Appel at No. 1 overall, the 30-year-old pitcher finally made his big league debut. Pitching for the Phillies, Appel tossed a scoreless ninth inning in ...

Mark Appel took a long road to the majors, but finally made his Phillies and MLB debut on Wednesday and took the performance right from a movie script. If taking the road less traveled is an admirable ...

The minor league free agent market is officially open for business. Following the Nov. 12 deadline for minor league players to elect free agency, the full list of minor league free agents is now ...

At 30-years-old, Mark Appel has already experienced one of the most storied minor league careers in Major League Baseball's history. He was drafted three separate times, bore the weight of a first ...

Mark Appel is a big league ballplayer nine years after he was selected No. 1 overall in the amateur draft. Appel has been promoted by the Philadelphia Phillies. The right-hander, who turns 31 on July ...

The path to the big leagues in baseball is rarely direct, but for Mark Appel, that's an understatement. In 2018, his career appeared to be dead in the water. He was labeled one of the biggest busts in ...

Wednesday night was a long time coming for Mark Appel. Appel — the first overall pick by the Astros in the 2013 MLB Draft — at last made his MLB debut, pitching a scoreless inning in relief for the ...

It had been more than nine years since Mark Appel was baseball’s No. 1 pick. He struggled in the minors, quit in 2018, spent two years away from baseball, and came back as a long-shot minor-leaguer ...

Nine years after being taken No. 1 overall by the Astors, Mark Appel finally got his first MLB call-up with the Phillies on Saturday and will likely make his debut this week at the age of 30. The top ...

Former No. 1 overall pick Mark Appel, a month shy of his 31st birthday, made his major debut Wednesday night and pitched a scoreless ninth inning for the host Philadelphia Phillies. At 30 years and ...