Hudson Valley’s Joe Nathan Makes His Major League Return

Pine Bush's Joe Nathan returned to the Majors for the first time since early in the 2015 season.

Nathan signed with the Chicago Cubs on May 17. 2016. He was put on the 60-day disabled list, as he continued to recover from Tommy John surgery. He was activated on Sunday.

The 41 year-old, six time All-Star, with 377 career saves, returned to action in the Cubs' 6-5 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Nathan pitched a scoreless sixth inning, and struck out the side to pick up the win.

It was his first Major League win since September 23, 2014.

Nathan is a 1992 graduate of Pine Bush High School. He played collage ball at Stony Brook, and was eventually drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the sixth round of the 1995 amateur draft.

He was called up by the Giants in April 1999.

Nathan was certainly excited to be back in action.

It was opening day for me today, and the adrenaline was ... through the roof. It was almost too much. I almost needed a defibrillator for the run into the mound.

The Chicago Cubs currently have the best record in MLB at 59-38. They face their cross- town rivals, the Chicago White Sox, tonight at 8:10 p.m.