Prior to Friday’s loss to the Oakland Athletics, the New York Yankees transferred Tyler Austin’s rehab assignment from Double-A Trenton to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Austin, who suffered a fracture in his foot during batting practice before Spring Training, has been on the 60-day disabled list since the start of the regular season.
The 25-year-old was assigned to the Tampa Yankees on May 19 to begin the journey back and has played five rehab games with Double-A Trenton — where he went 6-for-14 (.429) with two triples. Austin will now join a potent RailRiders lineup that already features top prospects Clint Frazier, Gleyber Torres, Dustin Fowler, Tyler Wade and more.