MINNEAPOLIS — The most well-traveled player in Major League Baseball this season, Oliver Drake of the Minnesota Twins, learned something as he wound his way through a record five big-league clubs: The deeper you go into the season, the easier it is to travel light. There is no need for sweaters or heavy coats in August, no need to personalize a home you may have to vacate tomorrow.
“We got down to the bare minimum,” said Drake, referring to himself and his wife, Shannon.
A 31-year-old right-handed reliever, Drake was designated for assignment five times by four clubs since early May — Milwaukee, Cleveland, the Los Angeles Angels (twice) and then Toronto — before joining the Twins this month.