Cincinnati Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson woke up on Saturday morning in Louisville, Kentucky, and the only thing on his mind was that he was about to play his first MLB game in a month.
Stephenson wrapped up his rehab assignment in Triple-A on Friday night after missing a month with a broken thumb. On Saturday, Stephenson had the logistics planned out for the 90-minute drive to Cincinnati, where he would return to the Reds’ active roster.
“I woke up and left around 10 o’clock (a.m.) to give me plenty of time to get here,” Stephenson said. “I was on the phone with my wife halfway.