Patterson attracted national media attention for throwing a fastball at 96 miles per hour in a carnival-style pitching game at a ballpark, video of which became popular and directly led to the signing of a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics.
His mother is a long-time nurse and real estate agent and his father a former high school baseball coach in Overland Park, Kansas.
[1] Patterson moved to Austin, Texas, in the summer of 2015 and met his girlfriend, with whom he relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, in January 2018.
[2] He signed with a sports agent who put him in touch with Jarrod Parker, a former pitcher for the A's, who worked with Patterson on his pitching technique.
[1] Patterson's long-shot effort was sidetracked in December 2018 when he was hit by a car and forced to undergo surgery on his left, non-throwing wrist.
[2] On July 15, 2019, Patterson made a trip to Coors Field, home of the major league Colorado Rockies and lit up another fan-pitch speed booth with another 96 mph fastball.
He appeared in five games for the High-A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers pitching 4+1⁄3 innings of relief while accumulating a 13.50 earned run average.