Brendan Beck could have stopped playing long before Thursday arrived.  A second-round pick out of Stanford in 2021, he did not make his professional debut until 2023 because of Tommy John surgery. He pitched in just 10 games that season before a follow-up elbow procedure was required, which erased his entire 2024 season, too.  The 2025 campaign became the breakthrough , when the right-hander ascended all the way to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. And Thursday was the pinnacle, when he became a major league pitcher.  Beck was called up for his moment and for a Yankees victory, contributing three-plus innings in which he allowed two runs in a 9-2 win over the Rangers in The Bronx .  “You always want it to happen, and you think it’s going to happen,” the 27-year-old from Southern California said. “When it actually does, it’s still a dream.”  Yankees pitcher Brendon Beck throws a pitch during the fifth inning of the Yankees and Texas Rangers game at Yankee Stadium on May 7, 2026.…