Yohander Mendez has made it all the way back.
The left-hander, who was banished to the depths of the Texas Rangers’ minor league system after a violation of team rules two nights before a scheduled start in Kansas City in June, is back in the big leagues.
Mendez was sent back down to the minors — not back to Round Rock, but all the way down to High-A Down East after and off-the-field incident on June 18. The last time Mendez pitched below Double-A was May 2016.