LHP Justus Sheffield has been removed from the Triple-A Scranton rotation and will instead pitch out of the bullpen, the team announced. Brian Cashman told Jack Curry the plan is to give Sheffield three or four relief appearances with the RailRiders to prepare him to pitch out of the bullpen in September.
The Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders had their game suspended due to rain in the middle of the ninth inning. Here’s the box score. Sheffield did indeed come out of the bullpen tonight. He allowed a run in two innings. The game will be completed tomorrow.