On this episode of The Funnville Nine driven by AAA, Richmond Flying Squirrels broadcaster Trey Wilson catches up with 2019 Flying Squirrels pitcher and San Francisco Giants top pitching prospect Sean Hjelle. The conversation includes Sean discussing adjusting to new dad life, keeping his pitching skills sharp without games in 2020, moving to Lexington, Ky., growing up playing baseball and basketball in Minnesota, how he ended up going to the University of Kentucky for his collegiate career with the Wildcats in the SEC, cheering on the UK basketball team at Rupp Arena, the day the San Francisco Giants selected him in the second round of the 2018 MLB Draft, kicking off his professional career with the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes that summer, opening 2019 in Single-A with the Augusta GreenJackets, the challenges of pitching in the California League with the San Jose Giants, getting moved up to Double-A along with fellow top prospects Joey Bart and Heliot Ramos in August of 2019, the growing pains of facing a higher level of completion in Double-A with the Flying Squirrels, getting an invitation to MLB spring training with the Giants in 2020 and working with catcher Joey Bart.