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Originally Posted by Matt from TN
Longtime Yankees 2B/CF Swervin' Evrin Skjerly was traded to the Phillies on July 30th. In return, the Yankees got two prospects, including fellow ancestor George Young. Young was immediately promoted to New York's major league roster, but he has not yet played in a game. Before the trade, Young was hitting .265 with 14 HR in Single-A. As for Skjerly, he becomes the Phillies' leadoff hitter and continues to play CF.
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That's pretty shocking, but NY has zero 1b prospects and their two natural 1b on the active roster are 38 & 39 y/o. But Gramps has lots of work to do before he can prove worthy of being on the Yanks active roster. His base stealing instincts might get him in the game as a PR here and there, but he's clearly out of his league right now with the bat.
Also, NY is now down to 3 OFs. 4 if you count starting 2b Kuhn. I wouldn't be surprised if they had to grab another OF at some point and then send Grampa George down. Then again, they have too many pitchers on the active roster, so maybe Gramps would survive if NY picked up an OF.
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