"Nick Raquet's LinkedIn now says he's a "Professional Baseball Player with the St. Louis Cardinals." But just a couple of years ago, he was a consultant at the "Big Four" firm, Ernst & Young (EY). When Covid hit in 2020, Raquet, now 29, was a minor leaguer who hadn't advanced past single-A (the lowest tier) ball. He decided to hang up his cleats and use his finance degree from the College of William & Mary to try his hand at a 9-to-5 in corporate America, per MLB.com. For a little over a year in 2021-2022, Raquet was an "entry-level consultant on the Enterprise Risk team" at EY,"
"MLB.com reports that after about a year, Raquet was not feeling "fulfilled" and decided to go back to the sport he loved. He joined an independent league team and began the grind once again, this time with a new attitude. He was just happy to be there. A few years later, on Monday, he made his MLB pitching debut. (The Cardinals lost, but he earned a strikeout.)"
Nick Raquet's LinkedIn lists him as a Professional Baseball Player with the St. Louis Cardinals. A few years earlier he worked as an entry-level consultant on the Enterprise Risk team at Ernst & Young. He left baseball during the 2020 Covid pause and used his finance degree from the College of William & Mary to pursue corporate work. At EY he supported clients in identifying and managing risks to business operations and objectives. After about a year he felt unfulfilled and left to join an independent league team. He returned to professional baseball with renewed attitude and later made his MLB pitching debut, recording a strikeout. Skills learned in consulting, such as risk identification, data analysis, and process implementation, remain useful in baseball.
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