Josh Hancock Cardinals
Louis during the off season. After graduating from Vestavia Hills High School Vestavia Hills, Alabama Hancock was selected in the fourth round of the 1996 amateur draft For the Milwaukee Brewers, but did not sign. A fan of Alabama, instead attended the college at Auburn University in Auburn , Alabama, because the Tigers offered him a better scholarship.
…He was taken by the Boston Red Sox in the fifth round of the 1, 998 amateur draft and signed with the Red Sox, making his debut in the big league September 10 2002. In December 2002, he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jeremy Giambi." July 30 2004 was changed along with Andy Machado for the Cincinnati Reds Todd Jones and Brad Correll. The next day, Hancock was the winning pitcher for the Reds in a game against the Houston Astros in the suspension of the game that began the previous day while Hancock was still with the Phillies.
On the first day of Spring Training 2006 Hancock was released by the Reds for being 17 pounds overweight, in violation of a clause in their contract. Soon signed with the St. Louis Cardinals and had his best season, pitching 77 innings, compiling a 4, 09 ERA, and in the 2006 Postseason with the Cardinals. He also served in a variety of roles in the Cardinals' bullpen, the appearances short-term relief to less desirable functions when the game was out of hand.