From Wellington Baseball Star To
By Craig Campbell
Brad Peacock has three priorities in his life: family, friends and baseball — and the past year has been full of milestones for the Major League Baseball pitcher and Wellington resident. The 2006 Palm Beach Central High School graduate experienced a magical 2017. His wife Stephanie gave birth to their son Colton, known as Colt, in June, and then he won the World Series with his Houston Astros teammates in seven thrilling games over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Nov. 1. “It’s what you dream about as a little kid. It’s a dream come true, especially because we got to win the first time I was in the playoffs,” Peacock said. When the Astros went to the playoffs in 2015 and lost the American League Divisional Series to the eventual champions, the Kansas City Royals, Peacock was recovering from back surgery. “I was watching on TV and rooting very hard for them, but it was fun to be healthy and have a chance to go to the World Series and win it this year,” he said. Peacock appeared in four out of seven games in the World Series. He pitched a total of seven and one-third innings while giving up four hits and three walks, recording eight strikeouts and an earned run average of 2.54. He earned his first major league save in Game 3 by finishing the final three and twothirds innings of a 5-3 win at Dodger Stadium. Peacock played under legendary high school coach Scott 100
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Benedict at Palm Beach Central. Benedict was a former professional baseball player who produced numerous major leaguers during his time coaching at both the high school and collegiate levels, before retiring in 2016. “The practices he ran for us in high school were identical to the practices I had in the minor leagues,” Peacock recalled. After high school Peacock was drafted by the Washington Nationals, but chose to be a “draft and follow” prospect and enrolled at Palm Beach Community College, now Palm Beach