Cleveland Guardians option the mustard condiment to minors after 0-50 hot dog race slump
from Andrew Kulha, at YardBarker.com/www.yardbarker.com
The big leagues are tough. Many a minor leaguer has been called up to the big show only to find out that the pitches are a little faster, the field feels a little bigger, and the lights are a little bit brighter. The condiment mustard, of the Cleveland Guardians, found that out the hard way recently.
The Guardians announced that Mustard, currently 0-50 in the hot dog race this year, is being optioned to High-A Lake County.
“Mustard, 17, has struggled at a historic pace this season, failing to secure a victory in any of the first 50 Sugardal Hot Dog races at Progressive Field in 2022 (one race was rained out),” the club wrote in its release. “The tantrum-throwing condiment is being sent down to the guardians High-A team — the Lake County Captains — to try to get his mental and physical game back to a MLB-caliber level. He is expected to report to the Captians on Monday and race in Tuesday’s contest.”
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For those keeping score, Ketchup and Onion have both won 25 races apiece.
Mustard clearly needs some time down on the farm to regroup and work on some things.