So we've reached September, and the call-ups are coming fast and furious.
(About time, too. Our rotation has completely collapsed because of injuries. It's Rick Honeycutt and random volunteers at this point. Not that there's anything particularly exciting to bring up from Spokane [a used-up Andy Messersmith, whom we picked up when the Dodgers cut him loose], but the more bodies there are to share the load, the better.)
Even the Yankees, who have just moved past the Brewers to take the lead in the east, are filling out their bullpen. Not only with (semi-)familiar faces such as Paul Boris and Roger Slagle, but they have also brought up Scott Gleckel, after a decent season at AA West Haven.
IRL, Gleckel was completing the first of two workhorse seasons for Class A Ft. Lauderdale, and then the Yankees passed him on to the Twins, where he had a good year (10-7, 3.63, 4 saves, 2-1 K/W ratio) helping Orlando win the Southern League title…
…and then he…spontaneously combusted or something, I don' t know. Only 25 and a lefty, but he was done. Not here, though.
Thanks in advance.