The last-place New York Yankees will promote a pair of top prospects this week, outfielder Everson Pereira and infielder Oswald Peraza, according to multiple reports.
Pereira and Peraza are expected to be in uniform for Tuesday night's series opener against the visiting Washington Nationals. They will travel to The Bronx after leaving their teammates at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
The Yankees, who were off on Monday, are in the throes of an eight-game losing streak and were swept by the rival Boston Red Sox last weekend. As the week began, New York was six games behind everyone else in the American League East, and nine games off the pace in the AL wild-card race.