ANAHEIM -- Michael Hermosillo was playing video games with teammate Sherman Johnson late Thursday night when he received a call from their Triple-A Salt Lake manager, Keith Johnson. The news was good: Hermosillo was being called up to the Majors for the first time.
"It's wild," Hermosillo said. "It was definitely a crazy experience. Definitely emotional at first, but now I'm just excited."
Hermosillo, who is ranked as the Angels' No. 9 prospect by MLB Pipeline, had found it odd that he wasn't in the lineup for Thursday's game following an off-day on Wednesday, but he didn't immediately suspect that his long-awaited call-up was imminent.