⚾️ Texas pitcher gets mound visit from manager....to tell him he'd made the team - Opening Day roster.
Rangers tell Carter Baumler he made team during mound visit
Schumaker came out of the dugout after Baumler retired the first two Kansas City Royals batters in the fifth inning Monday night. Texas catcher Danny Jansen and all four infielders were also on the mound when the new Rangers manager told the 24-year-old reliever he will start the season in the Texas bullpen.
"I wasn't expecting it. I was like, why is he coming out here? And he got on the mound and told me I made the team," Baumler said during an in-game TV interview on the Rangers Sports Network. "I mean, honestly, I thought I was like getting taken out of the game. ... Obviously, whenever the manager comes out, you're usually done."
Baumler hugged Schumaker when he got back to the dugout after the third out, then was greeted with high fives from teammates.
"You want to make it as memorable as you can," Schumaker said, according to MLB.com. "I'll never forget when I got called up -- the exact moment, the exact game, in Memphis, Tennessee. ... It was just like the most amazing time. I was just trying to think of a special way to tell him."
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48293062/rangers-tell-carter-baumler-made-team-mound-visit
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