West Palm Beach, Fla. – Niko Goodrum spent eight years in the Minnesota Twins’ minor league system. Yet, when he finally got called up to the big leagues in September 2017, he felt like a stranger.
“That was my first taste and it was not a good one,” he said before the game here Sunday. “When I was over there, I was in the locker room pretty much by myself. No one was really speaking to me.”
It was a transformational experience for him.