. >> reporter: at 6'6", 240 pounds, brandon paulson is not built like your typical pitcher. >> firstng you see is his size. it is like he is a walking car. >> reporter: like a car his fastball can reach triple digits. >> it's not that it is effortless, but it is not difficult. it's really easily repeatable. >> reporter: for brandon paulson the path to the pros was rather unconventional. not even two years ago he was ready to hang up his baseball glove for good. he was working for his family's excavating company where the big rigs were easier to control than his pitches. but dad told him not to give up on his dreams. >> try to do good at baseball. if it doesn't work out. if you want to work, work is always there. >> reporter: paulson still played for fun which opened the door to a baseball scholarship at, of all places, the academy of art university in san francisco. do you paint? >> no. >> reporter: sculpt? >> no. >> reporter: but eventually with a lot of coaching he became an artist with the ball. improving his speed and control. >> whoo! >> 99 miles an hour. >> whoo! >> reporter: b