{"id":84600,"date":"2025-07-31T09:12:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T09:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=84600"},"modified":"2025-07-31T09:12:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T09:12:41","slug":"yankees-option-j-c-escarra-add-austin-slater-to-active-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=84600","title":{"rendered":"Yankees option J.C. Escarra, add Austin Slater to active roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"6FvieM\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/be\/Austin_Slater_%28cropped%29.jpg\/1200px-Austin_Slater_%28cropped%29.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Slater - Wikipedia\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of tonight\u2019s game against the Rays, the Yankees announced that they\u2019ve added outfielder Austin Slater to the active roster. In a corresponding move, they optioned catcher J.C. Escarra to Triple-A.<\/p>\n<p id=\"wOMHmF\">News of the Yankees\u2019 trade for Slater broke earlier today, with New York sending pitching prospect Gage Ziehl to the White Sox in exchange for the veteran bat. The 32-year-old has a middling .236\/.299\/.423 slash line to his name this year but has always done well as a lefty masher, a role he\u2019ll likely play for the Yankees down the stretch.<\/p>\n<p id=\"kroRf7\">It\u2019s Escarra who\u2019s drawn the short straw and will head back to Scranton. The 30-year-old rookie was a great story making the team out of spring training, but was just serviceable as the team\u2019s backup catcher this season. Escarra posted a .205\/.299\/.337 line in 39 games, grading out well as a framer but also making some notable defensive mistakes. He\u2019s excelled as a hitter at Triple-A before, posting a .930 OPS with Scranton in 2024, so expect him to stay top of mind if he again hits in the minors and if the Yankees find themselves in need of a backstop.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2lS9Ra\">The most notable part of this roster swap might come down to a player that wasn\u2019t even involved: Ben Rice. That the Yankees were comfortable optioning Escarra suggests they\u2019re comfortable with Rice being their backup catcher, at least for a time. Rice spent most of his amateur and minor league career as a catcher before shifting a bit towards first base in the last couple of years. He\u2019s looked at least presentable behind the plate in a very small sample in the bigs in 2025, and he\u2019ll likely to be asked to don the tools of ignorance much more often with Escarra in the minors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Yankees made a corresponding move after trading for a veteran outfielder today, one that sheds light on their depth chart going forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":84603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yankees option J.C. 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