Yoendrys Gomez is at a critical point in his career, the Yankees no longer possess the ability to option him down to Triple-A and will have to make a tough decision regarding his status on the team. If he doesn’t make the team, the Yankees will have to place him on waivers where the other 29 teams can claim him for free, which would almost certainly happen if the team waives him.
The other outcome is placing him on their 26-man roster, and with the sheer level of pitching talent on the Major League side, his road to being in that bullpen is difficult.