Chat With Former MLB Pitcher Collin Balester

Chat With Former MLB Pitcher Collin Balester By Tim Dierkes | January 30, 2023 at 2:57pm CDT Righty Collin Balester was part of the last-ever Montreal Expos draft in 2004, as the club took him in the fourth round out of Huntington Beach High School. Though he came from a surfing family, according to Baseball America, Balester moved quickly through the lower minors. By 2007, he was considered the Nationals’ best prospect and a future number one or two starter. During the summer of ’08, Balester was deemed ready to join the rotation of the tanking Nationals club. He made…