Per Michael Pfaff, the president of the Long Island Ducks, the New York Yankees purchased the contract of catcher Wilkin Castillo and have assigned him to the Scranton Wilkes/Barre RailRiders.
The @Yankees have purchased the contract of @LIDucks catcher Wilkin Castillo and assigned him to Triple-A Scranton. Congrats Wilkin – well deserved!
Snapshot of Castillo
Castillo, who turns 34 in a week, has made his way around the Minors, MLB, and independent leagues since 2004. At 18-years-old, he was signed by the Diamondbacks as an amateur free agent out of the Dominican Republic.