NEW YORK – Trey Yesavage was never going to pitch in Game 4 of the American League Division Series last fall, but his job that fateful night was to sell the possibility that he might. So, after manager John Schneider floated the idea during his pre-game media availability, the rookie righty walked from the third-base dugout to the visitors’ bullpen in left-centre field, trying to make sure the New York Yankees noticed.

“I needed to make sure I kept a straight face and was, like, serious, because all I wanted to do is just laugh at what was going on,” he recalled this week. “I was definitely taking my time. It was a slower walk. I don't know, it was so weird for me to be doing that.”

As things turned out, the Toronto Blue Jays didn’t need him anyway during a well-executed bullpen day that clinched the series, but........

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