Few draft picks seemed to be a more perfect fit than Jesse Biddle was for the Phillies in 2010.

The team needed pitching and he was a high-ceiling left-hander who fit exactly what they needed.

To make it even better, he grew up as a fan of the Phillies while pitching at Germantown Friends Academy. It was the perfect fit and the Phillies drafted him in the first round – 27th overall pick – of the 2010 Draft.

With that scenario, though, came pressure. Biddle’s every move was scrutinized and fans wanted him to ascend faster than he did even though he was drafted out of high school and figured to take some time to move up the minor league ladder.

Then came the injuries.

A freak injury occurred in 2014 as Biddle ran to the Reading team bus in a hailstorm. He was pelted on the head by hail large enough to put him on the DL with a concussion. The following season found him pitching very ineffectively early and eventually underwent Tommy John surgery.

The following February, the Phillies dealt him to Pittsburgh for pitcher Yoervis Medina in February of 2016. For Biddle, it was hoped that the change of scenery would be good for his career, but six weeks later he was released.

The Braves picked him up and have been patient with him as he missed the entire 2016 season rehabbing from the Tommy John surgery. Last season he pitched 27 games in relief for Double-A Mississippi and seemed to have regained form. This season he opened the year with Triple-A Gwinnett and finally got his shot in the majors when pitcher Jose Ramirez wound up on the DL with shoulder inflammation.

The debut was heralded by members of the Phillies organization who remembered Biddle as a great teammate and a player fans had rooted for to reach his goal. He got to see some of those former teammates when he arrived in Atlanta for the final game of the Phillies-Braves series last week but didn’t get to pitch.

“We were talking about it at lunch ... in Philadelphia,” said Phillies farm director Joe Jordan. “It’s really, really cool and we’re all very happy for him.”

Biddle’s first appearance came on Saturday and he was in the right place at the right time. He delivered a shutout inning against the Mets to get the win in his MLB debut. On Monday night, he threw 1 1/3 innings of shutout ball against the Reds.

Biddle had an unassuming and short tenure with Lehigh Valley when he made nine starts in 2015 and posted a 6.25 ERA, later admitting that he was pitching with elbow pain that would lead to the Tommy John surgery.

TEAMMATES AGAIN ... Biddle and outfielder Peter Bourjos were teammates for a short while with the IronPigs and are reunited with Atlanta. Bourjos signed as a minor league free agent over the winter and has played 17 games with Atlanta, hitting just .125 with a .192 on-base percentage.

TEAMMATES PART TWO ... Cameron Rupp and Tommy Joseph were supposed to be part of the Phillies organization for years to come, but neither quite measured up to what was hoped of them. The signing of Carlos Santana over the winter led to Joseph being designated for assignment in March, and the emergence of Jorge Alfaro and Andrew Knapp left no room for Rupp, who was released prior to the season. Both wound up with Triple-A Round Rock (Texas Rangers) and are looking for a return to the majors. Rupp is hitting just .222 but has two home runs and 11 RBIs in just 12 games. Joseph played seven games at Double-A before moving up to Round Rock, where he is batting .273 with three home runs and eight RBIs in 10 games with the Express.

FUTURE TEAMMATES? ... If Rupp and Joseph reach the majors with Texas, they would be teammates with former IronPigs outfielder Carlos Tocci. The 22-year old played in 17 games with Lehigh Valley last season and was taken by the Rangers in the Rule 5 Draft last December, meaning he must be kept in the majors all season. In 11 games, Tocci is hitting just .080 with 12 strikeouts in 28 plate appearances. He wound up on the DL recently with a hip contusion.