Athletics

Yankees call up hard-throwing rookie, lefty Jacob Lindgren

Yankees call up hard-throwing rookie, lefty Jacob Lindgren

Jacob Lindgren’s Major League Baseball career started with a set of directions and a locked door. The Yankees’ top pick from the last draft who got called up just 353 days after his selection, landed in New York on Saturday night. I was waiting outside the clubhouse and just knocking,” said Lindgren, who was taken in the second round out of Mississippi State with the 55th overall pick.