Door remains open for Everson Pereira’s Yankees debut this year

On a big day for prospect motion, the Yankees remained stagnant. 

As of Friday, there have been 45 whole days remaining within the season, which is the quantity a participant can’t exceed on a serious league roster and nonetheless be thought-about a rookie in a subsequent season. 

Across the league, a few top prospects were promoted — Nolan Schanuel with the Angels and Masyn Winn with the Cardinals — as golf equipment grew a bit extra aggressive with their greatest minor leaguers. A prospect nonetheless can lose “rookie” standing by accruing 130 main league at-bats or 50 main league innings pitched, however the calendar is now not a barrier. 

The brand new collective bargaining settlement has incentivized rookie efficiency for each gamers and golf equipment: Gamers who end within the high two of Rookie of the 12 months voting obtain a full yr of service time; and if a prospect on the Opening Day roster finishes within the high three in Rookie of the 12 months voting or high 5 in MVP or Cy Younger voting, the membership receives an additional draft decide. 

So the Yankees can now summon gamers similar to outfielder Everson Pereira and catcher Austin Wells whereas nonetheless hoping that they (and the prospects) nonetheless could also be rewarded with wonderful 2024 seasons. 

However because the dividing-line day got here and went, and Pereira and Wells remained within the beginning lineup for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. 

“These guys are clearly knocking on the door,” supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned earlier than the Yankees opened a sequence with the Crimson Sox in The Bronx. “These are guys which can be pushing their method into the dialog. So we’ll see.” 

Throughout common supervisor Brian Cashman’s information convention on the commerce deadline, he brought up Pereira twice as an inside participant who may assist this season.

The membership’s No. 3 prospect, in accordance with MLB Pipeline, is a righty-hitting outfielder in a corporation that has wanted a left fielder for a number of years. 

Jake Bauers (who has been largely stable) is now enjoying first base with Anthony Rizzo sidelined. Billy McKinney was beginning in left Friday.

Isiah Kiner-Falefa has performed left towards lefty pitching, and Greg Allen is one other outfielder coming off the bench. 

The 22-year-old Pereira crushed Double-A pitching this season (.908 OPS in 46 video games) earlier than a promotion to SWB, the place he hit .308 with six homers in his first 32 video games. 

A $1.5 million signing out of Venezuela in 2017, Pereira has lengthy been a high prospect who appears to be placing the whole lot collectively. Yankees bench coach Carlos Mendoza has heard about him since Pereira was a toddler.

They grew up in the identical space and Mendoza knew a lot of Pereira’s coaches and trainers. 

“He was on the Dominican advanced once I first noticed him [in 2017],” mentioned Mendoza, who then was a roving minor league defensive teacher with the Yankees. “You would inform the best way the ball got here off the bat, it was totally different. He caught out from the remainder of the group on the time. 

“That also is the case. It’s good to see him performing in Triple-A and placing himself on the map.” 

As are different prospects, although Pereira has a leg up each due to want and since he already is on the Yankees’ 40-man roster. 

Not but on the 40-man roster is Wells, a 2020 first-round decide who reached Triple-A on July 21 and posted a .729 OPS in his first 22 video games.

Higher identified for his bat than glove, calling up Wells seemingly would imply demoting Ben Rortvedt. 

There are different choices to assist increase the lagging offense, together with highly effective nook infielder Andres Chaparro in addition to Estevan Florial, the previous high prospect who has not but been capable of hit main league pitching. The Yankees additionally may flip again to Oswald Peraza, whose rookie clock already has begun. 

Selling an inflow of prospects may sign the Yankees are waving the white flag on the season. But when they discover the correct one or two and name them up now with out worrying about their “rookie” designation possibly they will discover assist they didn’t find on the deadline. The Yankees entered Friday having scored the ninth-fewest runs in baseball. 

“We’ll see the place we’re as we proceed to maneuver ahead,” Boone mentioned of Pereira and Wells. “Nevertheless it’s been good to see these guys form of progress from Double-A to Triple-A and have various levels of success down there this yr.”