When White Sox director of player development Chris Getz said Thursday that Nick Madrigal was “pretty close” to getting called up to the Major League club, he wasn’t lying.
They were literally about to tell him he was headed to Kansas City.
“It was a pretty quick turnaround,” Madrigal said. “They told me and they got me on a flight in a couple hours.”
Madrigal took batting practice in Schaumburg just moments after reporters talked to Getz at the White Sox’s new makeshift training facility. When practice wrapped up, the White Sox’s top prospect in Schaumburg was informed he needed to head to the airport to play the Royals.