Twenty-year-old Deivi Garcia continues to put the Yankees organization on notice that he’s coming. Sure, he’s the youngest player in Double-A and has only thrown 251 total innings since 2016, including 51 innings at Double-A Trenton this season.
But after Garcia’s 14-pitch dominate opening frame of the Futures Game, which included a strikeout and two pops ups, when combined with his 1.196 WHIP, 14.2 K/9, 41.9 percent ground rate and just two home runs allowed for the Thunder, the Yanks decided now is the time to promote him one last rung up the minor league ladder.