Minor league call-ups always make for great stories, but they don’t always make for great runs to the postseason.
It’s because they’re minor league call-ups. For the most part, these kids are by definition raw, still developing, so new to “The Show” that they’re not used to having their personal luggage dropped at their hotel doors on road trips.
They carry their own bags in the bushes. And yet, the cries outside both the Yanks’ and Mets’ locker rooms call for two of those minor leaguers to carry the team long-term, not just for purposes of developing young talent, but to take each squad to the playoffs.