Some people start buying furniture for a new house and then find out the financing fell through. Others visualize growing old together with someone and then get the break-up call.
For Orioles reliever Cody Carroll, he’d envisioned a future with the New York Yankees. He was as close as anyone to reaching the major leagues, with a 2.38 ERA and a 3-0 record with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, the Yankees’ Triple-A affiliate. In July, he allowed three hits in 10 innings. He was so close to the Bronx he could taste it.
Then, at the trade deadline, all of that went away.