PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — In his last big league appearance, Cody Reed had little control and no answers.
Eight of his final nine pitches were out of the strike zone against the Orioles on May 19, 2021, and the numbness in his left hand that had plagued him for more than a year was getting worse.
“I was talking to (Dr. Koco Eaton) when I got my physical the other day, and his initial thought (last year) was I had ALS. He was like, ‘I thought that could have been (it),’” Reed said Wednesday. “I mean, it was just kind of a freak thing. I couldn’t hold on to the ball.
