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Tony Ferreira 1985
Tony Ferreira was a big prospect to this KC kid during the Royals great run in 1985. He had been their 3rd overall pick in 1981 (taken in the second round 15 pics after Mark Gubicza with David Cone being taken one round later) He climbed the ladder and was pitching at Omaha (AAA) by 1984 going 7-10 in 40 G with a 4.57 E.R.A. The 1984 staff saw Danny Jackson and Charlie Leibrandt move up to the 1985 big league rotation while Ferreira stayed at Omaha going 11-10 with a 3.21 E.R.A in 26 starts. It was good enough to get him to the big leagues where he was a part of the run for the division championship. He made his debut on 9/17 in KC against the Mariners as he came in relief as the Royals were losing 7-0. He threw 2 shutout innings and recorded his first big league K (John Moses). He pitched in one more game on 10/6 against the A's in KC as he gave up 5 ER in 3.2 IP with 4 K. It was the last time he pitched in the big leagues.
He was traded to the Mets on 4/1 in 1986 for SS Angel Salazar. He pitched for the Mets AAA cub in 1986. Mariners in 1987, Yankees and Giants in 1988 and with the Brewers AA club in 1989 before pitching one last season with the Royals again in 1990 for their AAA club going 6-6 with a 3.98 E.R.A
Today he is a pitching instructor at IMG academy in Florida....
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