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yovanny cruz is headed to the Yankees after New York promoted the hard-throwing right-hander from Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre on Monday and optioned Elmer Rodriguez to make room. The move gives the club a 26-year-old arm that can reach over 100 mph while the bullpen has been under strain.<\/p>\n
Cruz Brings 100-Mph Velocity<\/p>\n
Cruz reached this point after posting a 3.00 ERA with 23 strikeouts and nine walks in 18 innings for Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre. He joined the Yankees on a minor league deal during the offseason after electing free agency from the Boston Red Sox, and now gets his first look at major league hitters.<\/p>\n
For the Yankees, the timing is obvious. They were 2-7 on a nine-game road trip, and David Bednar had just allowed a game-tying three-run home run to Tyrone Taylor with two outs in the ninth inning of a loss to the New York Mets. That sequence left the relief group under heavier scrutiny than before. <\/p>\n
Yankees Bullpen Pressure<\/p>\n
New York has leaned on a bullpen that has already produced uneven results. Jake Bird has been optioned once this year and has a near 5.00 ERA, while Camilo Doval has struggled on the mound. Cruz arrives as another power arm in a group that has needed one.<\/p>\n
He is not the only flamethrower in the system. Carlos Lagrange, the No. 4-ranked prospect in the Yankees system, is also built around velocity, but Cruz is the one who got the call Monday after his Triple-A run.<\/p>\n
Elmer Rodriguez Moved Out<\/p>\n
Rodriguez was the roster spot that opened the door. The Yankees optioned the young starter as they turned to Cruz, a change that shifts the roster toward bullpen help at a moment when they needed more miss-and-move stuff than innings coverage.<\/p>\n
For Cruz, the promotion is the practical next step after a strong start at Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre. For New York, it is a direct response to recent relief innings that have not held late leads, and it hands a 100-mph right-hander a chance to show whether Triple-A results can carry over under major league pressure. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u062c\u062f\u0648\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062d\u062a\u0648\u0649 yovanny cruz is headed to the Yankees after New York promoted the hard-throwing right-hander from Triple-A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-196736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}