Amid an eight-game losing streak, the Yankees are calling up two of their top prospects to try and add a spark. Jack Curry of Yes Network first reported that New York will recall outfielder Everson Pereira and infielder Oswald Peraza ahead of the team’s Tuesday game vs. the Nationals.
The Yankees currently sit at 60–64, their worst record this late into a season in almost three decades. They are in last place in the AL East and are 9.5 games back of a playoff spot with 38 games remaining.
Pereira and Peraza are two of the team’s top prospects and, according to Curry, are expected to get consistent playing time. Pereira is currently ranked third in the Yankees’ system, per MLB Pipeline, and has split this season between Double A Somerset and Triple A Scranton Wilkes-Barre. Since getting promoted to AAA in July, Pereira has hit eight home runs and totaled a .937 OPS in 35 games.
