ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The long run is now for Oswald Peraza and the Yankees.
The Yankees known as up their No. 3 prospect on Thursday, with rosters increasing to twenty-eight for the ultimate month of the common season. The 22-year-old was pulled in the course of Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre’s recreation Thursday. Earlier within the recreation, he had hit his nineteenth homer of the season.
Taking Peraza’s spot at SWB will likely be prime prospect Anthony Volpe, who will likely be promoted from Double-A Somerset, in accordance with sources.
Peraza will arrive to a Yankees crew that simply completed an unsightly August and be added to an infield combine that’s not producing — and with Anthony Rizzo’s again points doubtlessly preserving him out for no less than the subsequent three video games, Aaron Boone mentioned on ESPN Radio.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa, contemporary off a expensive error in Wednesday’s loss to the Angels in Anaheim, acquired help from Boone each after Wednesday’s recreation and once more on ESPN radio Thursday — earlier than the transfer for Peraza was made official — with the supervisor saying, “I might say he’s been within the prime 5 to seven defensive shortstops [based on advanced metrics] this yr, with out query.”
Many would argue with Boone’s perception in Kiner-Falefa’s protection, and defensive metrics are notoriously troublesome to depend on, as indicated by the truth that some metrics have Kiner-Falefa ranked twenty third within the majors in outs above common, whereas Fangraphs has him fourth within the majors with 11 defensive runs saved.
What can’t be debated is that there’s the next ceiling for Peraza’s bat than there's for Kiner-Falefa’s.
The Yankees have liked Peraza’s glove for years, and he has been stable — if not spectacular — on the plate, with a .769 OPS in 427 plate appearances.
The talents are among the many causes the Yankees sat out final offseason’s free-agent shortstop market — as a result of the group was excessive on each Peraza, in addition to their prime general prospect, Volpe, who's enjoying nicely at Double-A Somerset.
Since Peraza is already on the 40-man roster, the Yankees don’t need to make one other transfer.
The following query is how Peraza will likely be used.
Oswaldo Cabrera has performed nicely at 4 totally different positions after he was known as up from SWB, Cabrera, 23, has performed nearly each recreation since attending to the majors.
Peraza has primarily performed shortstop within the minors, however does have some expertise at second base.
DJ LeMahieu hasn’t seemed proper since being sidelined with a toe harm.
In his previous 17 video games, he’s simply 10-for-66 with no extra-base hits and 16 strikeouts.
Regardless of the stoop, LeMahieu has principally remained on the prime of the order, main off the previous three video games. And Gleyber Torres had simply 5 RBIs in August.
Marwin Gonzalez will likely be again with the crew Friday, reinstated from the paternity checklist to fill the opposite roster spot, as Tim Locastro figures to stay round as a pinch runner.
Harrison Bader informed The Submit’s Jon Heyman on Thursday he’s feeling higher and expects to be again from plantar fasciitis by Sept. 15. He’ll present some defensive assist and permit Aaron Decide to play extra proper discipline, however he isn’t anticipated to assist the offense a lot.
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