NY Times · Aug 18, 2022
New York’s Teams Needed a Jolt. Mission Accomplished.
The Mets prospect Brett Baty homered in his first major league at-bat on Wednesday.Credit...Adam Hagy/Getty ImagesTuesday would have been the biggest night of the Mets prospect Brett Baty’s life if all had gone according to plan. Instead, he missed his initial flight.
Baty found himself hitting in the cage with Class AAA Syracuse in Charlotte when Manager Kevin Boles informed him that the Mets needed him in Atlanta. Naturally, Baty, a 22-year-old third baseman, made a beeline for the airport, but not soon enough, thus delaying his major league debut by a day.
The wait was well worth it.