As expected, the Yankees made a batch of call ups today as part of September roster expansions. Dellin Betances, David Adams, Brett Marshall, J.R. Murphy and Cesar Cabral were the 5 announced for today, with Preston Claiborne likely to join in the next day or so.
Betances, Adams, and Marshall don't come as surprises, with all 3 having spent some amount of time on the Major League roster earlier this season and all 3 being on the 40-man roster. Murphy was a bit more surprising given that he started the year in Double-A and doesn't figure to see much playing time, and Cabral might be the biggest surprise of all. He missed all of last season with a broken elbow and had worked his way back to Triple-A this year. As I mentioned on Thursday, he's looking to audition for that LOOGY job in 2014.
Jayson Nix was moved to the 60-day DL to clear a spot for Murphy and in an extension of his bad luck, Melky Mesa was designated for assignment to clear a spot for Cabral. Mesa would have joined this group today had he not injured his hamstring earlier in the week. How's that for salt in the wound?
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