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MLB analyst urges the Yankees to promote their No. 3 prospect originally appeared on The Sporting News .
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The New York Yankees are doing their best to make the AL East a close race. They currently sit in second place, four games behind the Tampa Bay Rays , who hold the top spot.
What's impressive is that they have been able to stay within striking distance of the division leaders even without their captain, Aaron Judge. He's been on the IL retroactive to May 31 with a stress fracture in his right first rib and is targeting a September comeback.
The team has been able to carry the load, and that will have to continue, especially this weekend when they take on the Toronto Blue Jays . While their season has not gone as they had hoped, they did just beat the Rays in a three-game series earlier in the week.
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MLB analyst urges the Yankees to promote their No. 3 prospect
Getting closer to the end of the regular season, front offices are starting to think about calling up some prospects to see what they have in some of their younger guys.
That is no different with teams looking to make the postseason. The Yankees have a few players they could call up, but one stands out more than others, and that is the club's No. 3 prospect, RHP Elmer Rodriguez, per the crew over at MLB.com .
"The Yankees don't have a rotation opening and Rodriguez hasn't stood out in four brief stints in New York this year, but the Triple-A International League ERA leader could provide some useful bulk innings out of the bullpen... He has a good four-pitch mix featuring a mid-90s fastball, a low-80s sweeper, an upper-70s curveball and a fading upper-80s changeup."
Rodriguez could provide some useful innings out of the bullpen. In a short burst, he could be quite formidable, playing his sweeper off of his fastball, giving manager Aaron Boone an aggressive multi-inning arm down the stretch.
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