HOUSTON -- Left-handed pitcher Brandon Mann has reached the Major Leagues for the first time, almost 16 years after being drafted by the Rays.
The Rangers called up Mann on Sunday after he spent 15 years and pitched in 342 games not only in the Minor Leagues but two years in Japan and three seasons of independent league stops at Southern Maryland, Lancaster and Fargo-Moorhead.
"It means everything," Mann said. "Pretty amazing. It has been a long journey. I'm pretty excited. I always believed so. I always told myself I was a big leaguer.