The Yankees announced that they’ve re-signed infielder/outfielder Jace Peterson to a Major League contract. The ISE Baseball client will be active for tonight’s game.
New York designated Peterson for assignment last week, and the 27-year-old formally rejected an outright assignment to Triple-A today in favor of free agency. Obviously, the two sides quickly worked to broker a new pact that’ll at least buy Peterson a bit more big league service time, though it still seems likely to be a short-term move.
Peterson collected three hits in 10 trips to the plate with the Yankees in his brief time at the Major League level with them, though the bulk of his career has been spent with the Braves. Atlanta originally acquired Peterson as part of the trade that sent Justin Upton to the Padres, and he spent parts of three seasons there, hitting a combined .240/.326/.342 with 15 homers, 48 doubles and eight triples in 1220 MLB plate appearances.
It’s a bit curious to see Peterson go through this carousel of roster machinations, though the entire scenario comes down to the fact that the Yankees needed his roster spot earlier last week in order to add another center-field option to their injury-depleted outfield mix. Peterson’s roster spot went to Shane Robinson, who was quickly designated once Aaron Hicks was active. With a healthier outfield mix now in place, Peterson again fits into the Yankees’ short-term plans, though the impending return of Brandon Drury and the eventual promotion of Gleyber Torres makes it unlikely that he’ll be around as a long-term bench piece in the Bronx.
Freex19
how does this make any sense?
lowtalker1
They wanted to keep him but off the roster
He called them
Went for free agency but they still wanted him and wouldn’t accept being off the 40 man
walls17
What? Surprise injury? No gleyber I’m assuming later this week
MB923
Peterson is the new Capuano for the Yankees.
javier 3
I am confused now. Why didn’t they just select his contract again before they released him?
bigalcathey
They had already DFA and (I guess) changed their mind.
jpg1200
It was an outright assignment (I believe for a pitching move in preparation for the double header that wound up being ppd). Since he had enough service time he could elect free agency over a aaa assignment, which he did. Now they sent the pitcher back down and resigned Peterson to take the roster spot.
abravesfan 2
Who is Jace’s agent? That guy probably deserves a raise.
greg 14
can we assume Torres up and Wade down sometime soon?
walls17
With this move I would assume not
Matt Pilatzke
Yankees DFA’d him off the 40 man roster, and Jace has enough service time to refuse the assignment to AAA. Either his agent felt he could get a better spot somewhere else or he knew that the Yankees’ nuts were in a vice, so hence the refusal. Or this way, they could agree to reset his options so he can optioned to AAA in the future.
JimmyDDD
once you’re out of options that’s it. no reset
gorav114
A team like Orioles probably would have signed him immediately.
Matt Pilatzke
They probably need another couple of weeks to avoid the Super Two status. Especially with the sheer number of cancelled games.
walls17
Yeah that’s why. They should send Judge down too just to avoid the super 2 status
rit2940
All you keep hearing is how much the Yanks love Wade . I don’t get it . He seems overmatched against EVERYONE.
Badfinger
I agree. He’s a bench piece at best. Not to worry. Gleyber will be up soon.
jimbenwal
I remember when judge looked overmatched against everyone…
Maybe they see something you don’t.
carlote
Judge is a one hit wonder…
Badfinger
You nailed it. Judge’s .351/.479/1.093 is proving the sophomore slump is a real thing.
Badfinger
Whoops. I meant .351/.479/.614.
jimbenwal
I hope this is sarcasm. Nobody who has watched him this year could possibly believe that. He has hit safely in every game this year and is the fastest player in history to 60 HRs.
jimbenwal
Sorry, hit safely in 12 straight games, been on base in every game
morgannyy 2
Probably a AAAA player…
srechter
Pressure to perform has been his biggest problem. He tries to do too much. There’s a fairly decent ceiling hiding in there, but he needs to calm down to reach it
top jimmy
Wade sucks. Cave is a much better player than Wade. The Yanks are going to regret getting rid of Cave.
srechter
I kinda figured this would happen. Glad he’s hanging around for the moment. I’m a jace believer. Plate discipline coupled with defensive versatility is valuable if he can raise his hit tool a bit.
tacohole
Looks like Gleyber was pulled from tonight’s game..anyone know if he is getting the call or was he injured?
tacohole
Pulled for precaution after feeling stiffness according to Michael Kay.