Jonathan Araúz was asleep at his hotel in Buffalo Friday afternoon when the Red Sox called and told him they needed him in Cleveland for their 7:10 p.m. game against the Indians.
Araúz and his Triple-A Worcester teammate Yairo Muñoz were replacing Kiké Hernández and Christian Arroyo — who were placed on the COVID-related injured list — and they didn’t have any time to dilly-dally. They quickly got ready, embarked on a three-plus-hour ride, and arrived at Progressive Field shortly after 5 p.m.
“They called at around (1 p.m.) just to let me know I had to get up in a hurry and get luggage real quick and get to the stadium as fast as possible, get on that bus to get over here,” Araúz told reporters, through an interpreter.