Overview
- The Yankees announced the move on Tuesday, June 2, shifting 23‑year‑old Carlos Lagrange from a Triple‑A starting role to the Scranton/Wilkes‑Barre bullpen to accelerate a potential midseason call‑up.
- Manager Aaron Boone said the club still views Lagrange as a starter long term but wants to see if his power fastball can help the big‑league pen this season.
- Lagrange’s Triple‑A numbers show elite velocity but control risk: he has averaged about 99 mph and topped 103 mph while posting a 4.41 ERA, 63 strikeouts and 25 walks in 49 innings.
- The club has begun a multi‑week conversion that Boone described as a de‑load period followed by every‑other‑day relief work, and Lagrange’s first relief outing produced seven strikeouts, four scoreless innings and a 101.4 mph reading.
- The move addresses late‑inning problems in New York’s bullpen and could change the Yankees’ trade‑deadline and 40‑man/Rule‑5 planning if Lagrange proves a reliable high‑leverage option.