The Yankees sent down Jose Pirela and called up Cole Figueroa as the infield carousel continues to roll. Brendan Ryan is on a rehab assignment in AAA and Gregorio Petit is still on the bench (though for how long remains to be seen). There’s also the fact that Stephen Drew still starts games for the Yankees.
Figueroa got called up because he was tearing the cover off the ball in AAA.
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