Detroit – This was supposed to happen last year.
Bryan Garcia, who left the University of Miami as the school’s all-time saves leader, rocketed up through the Tigers' system in 2017 and was invited to big league camp in 2018. His ascension was abruptly halted for 18 months, though – he had Tommy John surgery on his right elbow on Feb. 16, 2018.
But when Toledo Mud Hens manager Doug Mientkiewicz called him into the office Saturday night and told him he was going to the big leagues, all the angst and disappointment of the last year melted away.