EL PASO, Texas —
It was late on the night of May 20 when Andres Munoz was called into the office of Double-A Amarillo manager Phillip Wellman and told he was being promoted.
After receiving the good news, Munoz posed a question:
Could he drive himself the 420 or so miles to El Paso?
Wellman looked toward field coordinator Chris Kemp. A text was sent to farm director Sam Geaney. The OK that was returned would have sufficed had Wellman’s fatherly instincts not kicked in.
The baby-faced Mexican with a 104 mph fastball eagerly waiting to pack his bags for the last challenge before an improbable big league debut turned 20 in January.