Some minor league goings on to report about. First off the young 21-year old pitcher Jose Campos had Tommy John surgery this week. Campos was part of the Michael Pineda and Jesus Montero trade a few years ago. Campos hasn’t been much of a factor since being acquired from the Seattle Mariners. He’s been down in Single-A Charleston since 2012 and has seen his share of injuries already. Campos made 19 starts last season for the RiverDogs, and had a record of 4-2 and a 3.41 ERA over 87 innings. Campos is currently occupying a spot the Yankees 40-man roster, so the organization has to decide what they want to do with that roster spot. It doubtful they send him to the 60-day disabled list, cause that would start his service clock.
Prior to today’s game the Yankees recalled right-hander Chris Leroux from Scranton and optioned Shane Greene back down. Greene made is major league debut in Thursday’s blowout win against the Red Sox. The team also gave lefty Nik Turley his outright release today. Turley hasn’t pitched yet this year due to an arm injury. This move is a bit surprising, seeing how Turley is left-handed pitcher and we all know how valuable a lefty can be. Turley posted a 3.88 ERA with strikeout ratio of 8.9K/9 over 139 innings for the Trenton Thunder last season. The Turley move makes room for Leroux on the 25/40-man roster. Although our sources say they will probably resign Turley, kind of like they did with David Adams last season.
