Stuck in an eight-game losing streak, the last-place New York Yankees made sweeping changes on Tuesday before hosting the Washington Nationals. inserting prospects Everson Pereira and Oswald Peraza into the lineup, and activating pitcher Carlos Rodon.
Pereira, the Yankees' No. 3 prospect according to MLB Pipeline, is expected to play regularly in left field.
Since being promoted from Somerset to Triple-A last month, Pereira batted .312 with eight homers and 33 RBIs in 31 games. At two levels this season, he is .300 with 18 homers and 64 RBIs in 81 games. Peraza made his major league debut last season and started at shortstop in Game 2 of the ALCS in Houston.
Peraza batted .173 in 19 games with the Yankees earlier this year. At Triple-A he is hitting .268 with 14 homers and 36 RBIs. Rodon, off to a tenuous start with Yankees fans, last pitched an MLB game on Aug. 6, when he went just 2 2/3 innings against theRodon, 30, is in the first year of a six-year, $162 million contract signed in December. After earning consecutive All-Star honors with the
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