Daulton Varsho’s highly anticipated major league debut crept closer as the 2020 season progressed, but it still came as a shock when he received the news.
Following a scrimmage at the Diamondbacks’ alternate training site at Salt River Fields, manager Chris Cron informed the 24-year-old he’s headed to the big leagues. But in the midst of a global pandemic, a promotion to the baseball’s highest level wasn’t on his mind at the moment.
“I actually thought it was going to be a new thing about protocols and mask wearing, but he told me I was getting called up,” he said.