The Yankees have designated utilityman Jace Peterson for assignment, per a club announcement. His roster spot will go to outfielder Shane Robinson, whose contract was selected, as Joel Sherman of the New York Post first reported on Twitter.
Peterson, 27, helped fill out the Yankees roster as injuries interfered with the club’s plans. But the former Braves infielder never seemed likely to hang on all season long. The Yankees seem pleased to utilize Ronald Torreyes as a reserve in the infield and obviously have other ideas for the outfield mix.
By adding Robinson, the Yanks will add another center field-capable player to the roster while awaiting the returns of Aaron Hicks and Jacoby Ellsbury. While Robinson has never hit much and surely won’t start now that he’s 33 years of age, he has plenty of experience coming off the bench and lining up at any of the three outfield positions.
If I’m the mets I look in
And if I’m a Red Sox fan it’s a pretty nice little Tuesday !!!!!
Sorry I know it’s only one game and it’s a long season, but I had to do it.
And the junk player carousel just keeps spinning…
Well they have been hit hard by injuries. Most team don’t exactly have high quality depth pieces just hanging around in the minors
And the junk player carousel just keeps spinning……
Nobody has the amazing depth the Yankees have.
And the troll keeps trolling
Kind of a shame. I always liked Jace’s patience at the plate coupled with his defensive versatility. But they seem to need a true center field option at this point. Wonder if they can work something out to keep him in the system.
Jeff-can we get a sense of what the impact of in-season roster moves like this make on the calculation of the CBT calculation? What type of salary is charged against them?
Not much.
Jace is a good athlete. I wouldnt be surprised if he ends up being a late bloomer and solid bench option down the road
He’ll probably have a couple more stints with the Braves before all is said and done.
I have two jobs too
They are going to have to build a bigger park to house all these Monument Park monuments. Congrats, Mr. Peterson.
Happy for Shane Robinson.