Yankees call up raking Breyvic Valera
The Yankees are going back to their Triple-A well.
Deep breaths: It’s not because of another injury.
Breyvic Valera will make his Yankees debut at second base against the Rays on Sunday. The 27-year-old’s call up comes as DJ LeMahieu and Gleyber Torres were given off days ahead of their All-Star appearances this week.
Valera has been on fire for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre since being claimed off waivers from the Giants in May.
In 50 games with the RailRiders, Valera has slashed .348/.419/.564 along with nine home runs, 10 doubles and 31 RBIs.
It’s unlikely Valera will stay up long, with Luke Voit (abdominal strain) expected to return from the injured list after the break.
Here is the Yankees’ lineup for Sunday’s game in Tampa:
- Aaron Hicks (CF)
- Aaron Judge (RF)
- Didi Gregorius (SS)
- Gary Sanchez (DH)
- Edwin Encarnacion (1B)
- Brett Gardner (LF)
- Gio Urshela (3B)
- Breyvic Valera (2B)
- Austin Romine (C)
Pitcher: James Paxton
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