ALTOONA, Pa. - When Mitch Keller found out at noon on Wednesday that he was being promoted to Double-A Altoona, they told him he had six hours before his plane leaves for Pennsylvania, where he would finish his 2017 season.
Such is the life of a minor league baseball player, as they can be somewhere one minute then relocate to another city the next. It can happen at the drop of a dime, but for prospects like Mitch Keller and Cole Tucker, it's all a part of the process of making their way to the big leagues.
Tucker, who was roommates with Keller in Bradenton, and is roommates with him again in Altoona, recalled his own promotion, which came a few weeks before Keller went up.