Daylen Lile got called up only a couple days after his more famous Triple-A teammate Robert Hassell III got his call up. Both were needed after Jacob Young and Dylan Crews went down with injuries. When Young came back from his ailment, Lile got demoted instead of Hassell. It made sense, Hassell had spent more time in AAA and is the better defender.
However, with Hassell’s OPS dropping into the .400’s, Mike Rizzo knew he had to give Lile another shot. Again, Lile’s call up was overshadowed by a teammate. Before Yesterday’s game, Lile was called up alongside top 100 prospect and former first round pick Brady House.