Monday evening was the deadline for Major League teams to set their 40-man rosters prior to the Rule 5 Draft. Clubs had to make some tough decisions on whether or not to add some of their Rule 5 eligible prospects to their 40-man rosters to protect them from the draft.
The Yankees were one of the last teams to announce their roster moves, but made some of the most notable moves of the day.
The Yankees made the following roster moves:
•Added OF Estevan Florial, RHPs Deivi García, Luis Gil, Brooks Kriske, Luis Medina, Nick Nelson & Miguel Yajure to the Major League roster
•Released OF Jacoby Ellsbury
•Designated 1B Greg Bird & LHP Nestor Cortes Jr.