The Yankees are set to name up outfielder Estevan Florial, as first reported by Bob Klapisch of the Newark Star-Ledger (Twitter link). New York can even promote infielder Oswaldo Cabrera for his Main League debut, Daniel Alvarez Montes of El Additional Base reports. Each gamers are already on the 40-man roster. The Yankees have but to formally announce the pair of promotions or the corresponding strikes that can accompany them, though Cabrera has confirmed his first name to the Present on his Instagram.
That is the second name to the Majors this yr for the 24-year-old Florial and the third season by which he’s acquired some massive league motion. Regardless of already receiving a number of MLB alternatives, nonetheless, Florial has appeared in simply 16 Main League video games and brought 40 plate appearances as a member of the large league membership, hitting simply .206/.325/.353 in that point.
That lack of manufacturing, in fact, have include sparse enjoying time. Florial has by no means gotten a real look and common enjoying time on the massive league stage, regardless of rating among the many sport’s high 50 or so prospects from 2018-19. His inventory has dimmed since that point — due in no small half to a tepid .218/.315/.404 slash in Triple-A final season. Nevertheless, Florial is having fun with a vastly higher run in his second Triple-A stint this yr, batting .286/.368/.490 with 14 residence runs, 26 doubles, a pair of triples and a hefty 32 stolen bases.
Florial’s big 30.8% strikeout charge in Triple-A isn’t an enchancment over final yr’s 30.9% mark, so the dearth of bat-to-ball abilities are a transparent concern (and one more reason he’s maybe not as extremely touted as a number of years in the past). Nonetheless, with the Yankees stumbling by a dismal 3-12 stretch over the previous couple weeks that features simply 9 complete runs over their previous seven video games, they’ll look to reinforce the lineup and get some recent faces into the combination in hopes of turning issues round.
Along with Florial, the Yankees will give the 23-year-old Cabrera his first name to the Majors. A switch-hitter who’s seen time at second base, shortstop, third base and within the outfield corners this yr (albeit only one sport in left and one in proper), Cabrera will give skipper Aaron Boone loads of versatility. He’s batting .262/.340/.492 by 208 Triple-A plate appearances with eight homers, a dozen doubles, three triples and ten steals to go together with a 9.4% stroll charge and 26.6% strikeout charge.
Whereas neither Florial nor Cabrera is essentially among the many sport’s total top-ranked prospects, they’re each well-regarded inside the Yankees’ system. Baseball America ranks Florial because the crew’s No. 10 prospect and Cabrera at No. 12, whereas MLB.com locations them back-to-back at Nos. 14 (Cabrera) and 15 (Florial).
