• Updated

FILE 0 Home plate umpire Tom Fornarola calls a strike during the fifth inning of a spring training baseball game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Dunedin, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

  • Updated

FILE - A replay from the Automated Ball-Strike System plays after a play was challenged during the second inning of a spring training baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

  • Updated

FILE - The Automated Ball-Strike System plays on the scoreboard after a pitch call was challenged during the first inning of a spring training baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the San Diego Padres, Feb. 26, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

  • Updated

FILE -Bill Walton does commentary on NBC Sports Chicago for the Chicago White Sox's baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels on Aug. 16, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Joe Reedy, File)

  • Updated

FILE - Former Chicago White Sox player and Hall of Famer Frank Thomas holds the 2005 World Series Champion trophy before a baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, on July 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

The mound visit Carter Baumler received from Texas Rangers manager Skip Schumaker wasn’t to take the rookie right-hander out of his last spring training game. The manager instead went out to tell Baumler he made the opening day roster. Baumler retired the first two Kansas City Royals batters in the fifth inning Monday night before Schumaker came out of the dugout. The 24-year-old reliever thought he was being taken out of the game. Baumler allowed one earned run and struck out 10 over 9 1/3 innings in eight spring training games. He has never pitched above the Double-A level.