RHP Mike King has been promoted to Double-A Trenton, the team announced. The 22-year-old had a 1.79 ERA (2.39 FIP) with 27.4% strikeouts, 6.1% walks, and 59.8% grounders in 40.1 innings with High-A Tampa. The Yankees got him from the Marlins in the Caleb Smith/Garrett Cooper trade.
Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (9-2 loss to Buffalo)
- 3B Brandon Drury: 1-3, 1 BB — .342/.457/.500 in 12 games with the RailRiders, though he spent some time in Double-A as well
- 1B Adam Lind: 1-4, 1 RBI
- DH Mike Ford: 0-4, 1 K
- C Kyle Higashioka: 1-4, 1 K — had been in a 7-for-43 (.