Carson Palmquist’s big-league career began with a wicked twist.
Last Wednesday, the lefty starter was called into the office of Triple-A Albuquerque manager Pedro Lopez, who met him with a stone face.
“He said, ‘The good news is you’re getting an extra day of rest,’ “Palmquist recalled Monday before the Rockies hosted the Phillies. “The bad news is you’re going back to Double-A to pitch.’ ”
For a moment, Palmquist was dumbfounded.
“I was, like, really confused,” he said. “I didn’t know what I did that could have been so wrong that I was going backward.