Brodie Van Wagenen is denying a report in the New York Post that he runs in-game decisions by telephone from the confines of his lounge chair in his living room. It appears there is truth in both the report and the denial.
The story points to Mickey Callaway’s controversial decision to remove Jacob deGrom from a game earlier this month in Arizona in which the reigning Cy Young award winner (with 10 wins!) had a hip cramp. Van Wagenen reportedly made the call himself in a text to the training staff.