Due to the injury of catcher Austin Romine, the Yankees will promote young catcher prospect Gary Sanchez to Triple-A. Romine injured his thumb Friday evening in Scranton/Wiles-Barre game at Louisville. The extent of Romines injury is not known at this point.
Gary Sanchez is being promoted to AAA after thumb injury to Austin Romine.
Romine, 26, is hitting .267, including six homeruns. Romine has spent the entire season in the minors this year as he lost the second string job to current backup John Ryan Murphy. Romine has recovered well in the minors this season, driving in 35 runs.