Flores and Rumbelow optioned to Triple-A

With the return of Jacoby Ellsbury and Andrew Miller, the Yankees have optioned outfielder Ramon Flores and pitcher Nick Rumbelow to Triple-A. The moves come on the heels of the Yankees getting two of their most productive players this season back from injuries.

Yankees have optioned OF Ramon Flores and RHP Nick Rumbelow to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

— Bryan Hoch (@BryanHoch) July 8, 2015

Flores, 23, is hitting .219 at the major leauge level in 32 at-bats including a double. The young outfielder has shown a strong arm, throwing out two runners at the plate this season. Rumbelow, 23, has appeared in four games in the bigs with 3 1/3 innings pitched and allowing just one earned run. He has struck out five and walked two batters. Ellsbury, out since May 20th with a knee injury, will start in centerfield for the Yankees and hit leadoff Wednesday for the first time since being injured. The speedy outfielder is hitting .324 with a .412 on-base percentage. With his return and the hot hitting from Brett Gardner, the team hopes to have their table setters get back into the groove they were in before Ellsbury suffered the injury. Miller will slide back into the closer role for the Yankees as Dellin Betances was holding the spot with Miller out. The power lefty Miller is a perfect 17-17 in save opportunities with a 1.03 ERA in his first season with the Bronx Bombers. The Yankees are looking to make a run in their last five games before the All-Star break starts, and the return of Ellsbury and Miller are only going to strengthen their chances at getting into a groove before the Midseason Classic.