The Yankees traded away one other organizational catcher Sunday, delivery Alex Jackson from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to the Orioles.
Jackson is once more a giant leaguer and joins a gaggle of former Yankees catchers or catching prospects that features Luis Torrens, Jose Trevino, Carlos Narváez and Kyle Higashioka, the Yankees stockpiling — and in lots of circumstances, then off-loading — succesful catchers.
They’ve felt comfy buying and selling so many mainly due to their perception in Austin Wells, who’s now reminding of his upside.
“The last two days, I feel like he has swung the bat like Austin Wells,” supervisor Aaron Boone stated after Wells launched his second house run in as many days, a mini run that has adopted 50 consecutive at-bats and not using a dinger.
Wells has emerged, first smacking a solo shot in opposition to Frankie Montas on Saturday earlier than demolishing a shot to the second deck in proper area in opposition to Zach Pop for the sport’s first run in what turned a 6-4 Yankees victory at Citi Discipline on Sunday.
On a Yankees crew that had a tough June and a tough begin to July, Wells’ offensive struggles have stood out.
He entered the Subway Sequence in a 6-for-37 rut with 11 strikeouts, two walks and a .436 OPS in his earlier 12 video games. Ben Rice had began to see a while behind the plate, and the circulation situation that popped up in Wells’ index finger turned trigger for alarm.
However Wells has stated the finger situation has not affected him on the sphere or on the plate, and maybe he has discovered one thing in his swing.
Past the house run, he added an RBI groundout within the fourth and fought via an eight-pitch at-bat within the eighth that ended with a pointy single to proper.
“I think there’s more — I expect more — of him offensively,” Boone stated of Wells, who bumped his OPS to .728. “And I even said something to him after the game, like: ‘That’s you. Let’s go.’ ”
In trade for Jackson, the Yankees obtained worldwide signing bonus pool cash and a participant to be named later or money.
Jackson, a 29-year-old who owned a .772 OPS in 44 minor league video games this season, replaces one other former Yankees catcher in Gary Sánchez, whom Baltimore positioned on the injured record with a knee damage.
Max Fried (five-plus innings, three earned runs on six hits and a stroll) strongly argued with house plate umpire John Bacon after he was charged with a pitch-clock violation within the first inning that made a 2-2 depend in opposition to Francisco Lindor a 3-2 depend.
In accordance with Fried, the on-deck hitter (Juan Soto) was standing in entrance of 1 timer.
So he glanced to the timer on the third base facet, noticed one second remaining and lifted his leg.
“I take pride in not giving up free pitches and free balls,” stated Fried, who bounced again to strike out Lindor. “Just in that spot, I felt like they called it a little too quick.”
Giancarlo Stanton’s 118 mph double within the fourth inning was his 58th batted ball that left his bat at the very least that velocity since 2015, probably the most within the majors. Second place: Oneil Cruz with 19.
Earlier than the sport, the Yankees re-signed Geoff Hartlieb to a serious league deal, added the righty to the roster and optioned lefty Jayvien Sandridge to SWB.
