/ STAFF WRITER
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – For a player in Triple-A, the future is always just a tight hamstring and a phone call away.
That’s what happened to Kyle Kubitza, the Angels projected 2016 third baseman. Expected to spend the season at Triple-A, Kubitza got a call at 8 p.m. Salt Lake City time on Tuesday that he’d been promoted to the majors because of David Freese’s tight hamstring.
“It’s surreal at times,” Kubitza said as he stood in the clubhouse before starting his first major league game on Wednesday. “I’m calling my family, letting them know, and the first time I said it, they were like ‘Are you serious?