SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Dillon Overton was able to keep it all in perspective. Sure being told by Mariners manager Scott Servais that he’d made the opening day roster was a thrill and a major accomplishment for a one-time heralded A’s prospect that seemed to have pitched his way out of big league consideration last season.
“After what I went through the last year in the big leagues, for them to put me on the opening day roster, it’s a big deal,” he said.
And yet …
“I’d say it’s one of the coolest things that’s happened in my life up until, well, Tuesday, when I’m having a baby,” he said.