Late after the Yankees game last night, the team announced that first baseman Mike Ford was going to be demoted to Triple-A Scranton. It was a move that was long overdue, as Ford hadn’t hit a lick since coming up to replace the retired Jay Bruce. Through 22 games, he’d hit just .133/.278/.283 with three homers and a 63 wRC+. That wasn’t getting the job done by any stretch of the definition.
So when the move was made official, some speculated that this might be the time for the Yankees to call up Scranton first baseman Chris Gittens, who was electric in the first month of the minor league season, batting .