The New York Yankees didn’t make a move at the July 31st trade deadline for a starting and many fans believed that the club was anticipating a promotion of their minor league star Deivi Garcia to the major leagues.
The club even moved Garcia to the bullpen so maybe he could show enough with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders to be considered as a relief pitcher in the big leagues.
Garcia never received that promotion.
Pitching coach Larry Rothschild gave some insight on how the Yankees viewed their young star. “When he made the move to Triple-A, he looked like a young pitcher trying to figure it out there, which you expect.