Yankees pitcher kicked out of Yankee Stadium in winter, returns for home opener
The Yankees play the Marlins this weekend in their first home series after beginning the season going 5-1 on a West Coast trip to San Francisco and Seattle.
NEW YORK — With the winter holidays approaching, life twisted into an unexpected whirlwind for Cade Winquest. One minute Winquest was a St. Louis Cardinals’ minor leaguer hoping to climb a level to Triple-A in the new year.
The next, he was going to a new organization to compete for a big-league job in the Yankees ' bullpen. The 25-year-old from Fort Worth, Texas, was caught off guard when he was selected in last December’s Rule 5 draft. The right-hander learned about what the Yankees thought of his potential in a Zoom call with pitching coach Matt Blake, and then three weeks later, he was on a plane to New York.
His first visit to Yankee Stadium sure was memorable. “It was around New Year’s and the field was still a football field from the Pinstripes Bowl,” Winquest told NJ. com.
“I thought I was in the wrong place! ” Winquest did a little throwing that day … until someone from the Yankees spotted him and ordered him to leave the field. “I got told that I couldn’t be out there anymore because I didn’t have my physical,” Winquest said.
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