Today, we are joined by Ben Heller who is a reliever for the New York Yankees.  Ben is originally from Whitewater, WI and he went to Olivet Nazraene University.  After pitching there, he was then selected in the 2013 MLB draft by the Cleveland Indians in the 22nd round.  Ben was traded to Yankees and in 2016 he made his MLB debut there.  I was glad to finally have Ben on the podcast and we appreciate him taking the time with us today!

Topics discussed today:

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• Ben's unique path to professional baseball
  
• How Ben handled the stress of being sidelined by injury
  
• Ben's shares his experience with the phases of a post-injury throwing program and his first game back
  
• How the mindset of post-surgery is up to you as an athlete and a pitcher
  
• Ben's highly valuable advice for anyone coming back from and injury/surgery
  

Reach out to Ben:

Via Instagram: @benheller21