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ALBERT ABREU | RHP R/R | 6’2” | 190 LBS | Opening Day Age: 23 | Guayubín, Dominican Republic | Trade (Houston), 11/17/2016 | MLB Service: 0.000 | 2018 pitching statistics team w-l era g/gs sv ip h k bb baa whip Trenton (AA) 0-0 0.00 1/1 0 5.0 0 4 1 .000 0.20 Tampa (A+) 4-3 4.16 13/13 0 62.2 54 65 29 .229 1.32 Yankees East (GCL) 0-1 18.00 1/1 0 2.0 4 2 0 .400 2.00 Yankees West (GCL) 0-2 27.00 2/2 0 3.0 10 3 2 .476 4.00 2018 Totals 4-6 5.20 17/17 0 72.2 68 74 32 .241 1.38 MiLB CAREER (5 Years) 14-22 3.63 82/67 5 342.1 270 355 158 .214 1.25

2018: Combined with Single-A Tampa, the GCL Yankees East and West and Double-A Trenton to go 4-6 with a 5.20 ERA (72.2 IP, 42 ER) in 17G/17GS… Missed nearly two and a half months of the season over two stints on the minor league disabled list (4/5-4/29 and 6/29-8/11)... Pitched for the GCL Yankees East and West as part of his rehab assignment (3GS)… Spent the majority of the season with Tampa, going 4-3 with a 4.16 ERA (62.2 IP, 29 ER) in 13G/13GS… Made one start with Trenton on 9/3 vs. Reading, tossing 5.0 hitless and scoreless innings (BB, 4 K)…

2017: Combined with Single-A Charleston, Single-A Tampa and the GCL Yankees East to go 2-3 with a 3.38 ERA (53.1 IP, 20 ER) in 14G/13GS… Began the season with Charleston, going 1-0 with a 1.84 ERA (14.2 IP, 3 ER) in 3G/2GS before being promoted to Tampa on 4/23, where he went 1-3 with a 4.19 ERA (34.1 IP, 16 ER) in 9G/9GS… Missed nearly three months over two stints on the minor league disabled list... Made two rehab starts with the GCL Yankees East, allowing ER in 4.1 IP…

PERSONAL: Full name is Albert Enmanuel Abreu Dias… Acquired by the Yankees with RHP Jorge Guzman from the Houston Astros in exchange for C Brian McCann on November 17, 2016… Added to the Yankees’ 40-man roster 11/20/17… Following the season, was tabbed by Baseball America as the Yankees’ No. 9 prospect… Following the 2017 season, was tabbed by Baseball America as the Yankees’ No. 6 prospect and No. 77 prospect in baseball…

DOMINGO ACEVEDO | RHP R/R | 6’7” | 240 LBS | Opening Day Age: 25 | Villa Los Almácigos, Dominican Republic | International Free Agent, 10/17/2012 | MLB Service: 0.001 | 2018 pitching statistics team w-l era g/gs sv ip h k bb baa whip Trenton (AA) 3-3 2.92 14/10 0 64.2 51 52 20 .217 1.10 Staten Island (SS-A) 0-0 3.86 2/2 0 4.2 5 3 1 .294 1.29 2018 Totals 3-3 2.99 16/12 0 69.1 56 55 21 .222 1.11 MiLB CAREER (6 Years) 18-16 2.85 85/80 0 401.1 362 417 110 .240 1.18

2018: Did not appear in a game for the Yankees in his only stint with the club (7/21)… Combined with Double-A Trenton and short-season Single-A Staten Island to go 3-3 with a 2.99 ERA (69.1 IP, 23 ER) in 16G/12GS... Missed approximately two-and-a-half months on the MiLB DL... Started the season with Trenton and went 3-3 with a 2.92 ERA (64.2 IP, 21 ER) in 14G/10GS... Allowed 2ER-or-fewer in 8-of-10GS…

2017: Combined with Single-A Tampa, Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to go 6-6 with a 3.25 ERA (133.0 IP, 48 ER) and 142 K in 23G/23GS... 2nd among Yankees farmhands in strikeouts and 7th in ERA… Named the winner of the Kevin Lawn “Player of the Year” Award, presented annually to the organization’s top performer... Named to the World Team in the All-Star Futures Game... Following the season, was tabbed by Baseball America as the Yankees’ No. 10 prospect and as having the system’s “Best Changeup”… Added to the Yankees’ 40-man roster on 11/20/17…

PERSONAL: Full name is Domingo Antonio Acevedo… Signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on October 17, 2012… Following the 2015 season, was ranked by Baseball America as the No. 3 prospect in the New York-Penn League, the No. 5 prospect in the Yankees organization and as the “Short-Season Pitcher of the Year”… Following the 2016 season, was ranked by Baseball America as the No. 10 prospect in the Yankees organization and labeled as having the “Best Fastball” and “Best Changeup” in the system…

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CHANCE ADAMS | RHP R/R | 6’1” | 215 LBS | Opening Day Age: 24 | Scottsdale, AZ | Dallas Baptist University | 5th Round, 2015 MLB Draft | MLB Service: 0.025 | 2018 pitching statistics team w-l era g/gs sv ip h k bb baa whip New York-AL (MLB) 0-1 7.04 3/1 0 7.2 8 4 4 .267 1.57 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) 4-5 4.78 27/23 0 113.0 101 113 58 .236 1.41 2018 Totals 4-6 4.92 30/24 0 120.2 109 117 62 .243 1.42 MiLB CAREER (4 Years) 35-12 2.98 93/74 0 426.0 305 437 164 .197 0.95 MLB CAREER (1 Year) 0-1 7.04 3/1 0 7.2 8 4 4 .267 1.57

2018: Tabbed by Baseball America as the No. 4 prospect in the NYY system and No. 6 by MLB.com... Went 0-1 with a 7.04 ERA (7.2 IP, 8 H, 6 ER) in 3G/1GS over three stints with the Yankees (8/4-8/8, 8/22 and 9/12-9/30)... Made his MLB debut on 8/4 at Boston, recording the loss after allowing 3 ER in 5.0 IP (3 H, 2 HR, BB, 2 K)... Signed to a MLB contract prior to the game... SWent 4-5 with a 4.78 ERA (113.0 IP, 60 ER) in 27G/23GS with the RailRiders... Ranked 6th in the International League (min. 100.0 IP) with a 9.00 K/9.0IP ratio (113 K)... Allowed 2ER-or-fewer in 6-of-final-9 Triple-A starts after 6/24… Made one relief appearance in the International League postseason, tossing a perfect ninth to record the save in Game 1 of the semifinals vs. Lehigh Valley (2 K)…

2017: Combined at Double-A Trenton & SWB to go 15-5 with a 2.45 ERA (150.1 IP, 104 H (.193 BAA), 45R/41ER, 58 BB, 135 K, 11 HR) in 27G/27GS… Led NYY MiLB in wins, 3rd in ERA and 3rd in K… Allowed 2ER-or-fewer in 22-of-27 GS…

2016: Combined with Single-A Tampa and Double-A Trenton to go 13-1 with a 2.33 ERA (127.1 IP, 76 H (.169 BAA), 38R/33ER, 39 BB, 144 K) in 25G/24GS… Led MiLB with a .169 BAA, a .929 winning percentage (min. 10 decisions), a 0.90 WHIP (min. 125.0 IP) and a 5.37 H/9 ratio…

PERSONAL: Won back-to-back state titles with Chapparal H.S. (AZ) in 2011 and 2012… Attended Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ) for two years before transferring to Dallas Baptist University…

2018: Selected as an Eastern League Mid-Season All-Star with Double-A Trenton hitting .262/.314/.440 (94-for-359) with 54 R, 25 2B, 3 3B, 11 HR, 54 RBI and 12 SB in 99G with the Thunder... Appeared in 9G with the Tampa Tarpons (High-A) from 5/29 - 6/6 and batted .185 (5-for-27) with 2 HR and 2 RBI... Also named a postseason Organization All-Star by MiLB.com...

PERSONAL: Full name is Armando Francisco Alvarez... Played two seasons at Eastern Kentucky (2015-16) after one season at both Florida International University (2013) and Miami Dade Community College (2014)... Hit .367/.415/.608 (163-for- 444) with 28 2B, 25 HR and 105 RBI over 105G at Eastern Kentucky... In 2016, was named Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Co-Player of the Year and earned a spot on the ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I All-Region Second Team after leading the NCAA in hits during the regular season (97)... Graduated in 2012 from Miami Killian H.S. (FL)...

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2018: Named both an Eastern League Mid-Season and Postseason All-Star at Double-A Trenton, hitting .258/.300/.418 (124-for-481) with 65 R, 25 2B, 2 3B, 16 HR, 74 RBI and 12 SB... His 74 RBI were tied for the most in the Yankees MiLB with OF Dom Thompson Williams who played most of the season with High-A Tampa...Also named an Organization All-Star by MiLB.com...

2017: Batted .236 (109-for-461) with 63 R, 19 2B, 3 3B, 14 HR and 57 RBI in 121G with High-A Tampa...

2016: Across three levels (Single-A Charleston, GCL Yankees West and East, Single-A Tampa), combined to hit .274 (74-for- 270) with 40 R, 17 2B, 3 3B, 2 HR, 32 RBI and 11 SB in 68G... Also appeared in one postseason game for Double-A Trenton (0-for-4)... Began the season with Charleston and batted .281 (18-for-64) with 11 R, 7 2B, 2 3B, HR, 10 RBI and 7 SB in 16G... Promoted to Tampa on 7/3 and hit .279 (53-for-190) with 26 R, 9 2B, HR, 22 RBI and 4 SB in 47G...

PERSONAL: Full name is Tommy Wayne Amburgey... Hit .368/.409/.522 with 32 SB his final year at St. Petersburg College (FL) before being selected by the New York Yankees in the 2015 Draft... Graduated from Park Vista Community H.S. (FL)...

2018: Hit .199 (54-for-272) with 23 R, 16 2B, 3B, 11 HR and 38 RBI in 82G... Hit two grand slams, becoming the first Yankee with multiple grand slams in a season since Mark Teixiera (two) in 2016... Placed on the 10-day disabled list on 3/29 (retroactive to 3/26) recovering from right ankle surgery, which was performed on 3/27... Returned from rehab and reinstated from the disabled list on 5/26 (missed the Yankees’ first 48G of the season)...

2017: Made the New York Yankees Opening Day roster and hit .190 with 20 R, 7 2B, 9 HR and 28 RBI in 48G (40 starts at 1B, 1 at DH) with the Yankees... Placed on the 10-day DL 5/2 (right ankle)... Transferred to the 60-day D.L. on 6/29... Underwent surgery on 7/18 to remove the ostrigonum, a bone in his right ankle... Returned from rehab and reinstated from the 60-day D.L. on 8/26 (missed 103 team games)… In 13 postseason games, hit .244 with 2 2B, 3 HR, 6 RBI and 12 BB (.426 OBP)... Hit a solo HR in the 7th inning of ALDS Game 3 win vs. Cleveland, accounting for the only run of the game... Joined Jorge Posada (2001 ALDS Game 3 at Oakland – 5th inning) and Tommy Henrich (1949 World Series Game 1 vs. Brooklyn – 9th inning) as the only Yankees to homer in a 1-0 postseason win...

PERSONAL: Named 2011 Gatorade Colorado High School “Player of the Year”... Participated in the 2010 Under Armour All-America Game…. Selected by the Yankees in the 5th round of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft… Missed the entire 2016 season recovering from right shoulder labrum surgery performed on 2/2/16... 11 HR in 2015 were tied for the most by any player in MLB history in his first season after debuting in August or later (Mike Jacobs hit 11 HR for the 2005 Mets after debuting on 8/21) -- Eclipsed by Philadelphia’s Rhys Hoskins in 2017 (18 HR)...

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2018: In 68G between Double-A and Triple-A, batted .308 (73-for-237) with 7 2B, 3 3B, 19 RBI, 19 BB (.368 OBP) and 1-for-2 SB... Hit safely in 31-of-38G (81.6%) with the Trenton Thunder... Appeared in only 1G (April 29) before June 10 because of recovery from pectoral surgery... In 38G with Trenton: .365 AVG (54-for-148), 6 2B, 2 3B, 11 RBI, 12 BB (.417 OBP)... Transferred to SWB 6/24 for one game @ Rochester (0-for-2) before being transferred back to Double-A until 7/27...

2017: Played at four full-season levels, combining to hit .235 with 26 R, 9 2B, 4 3B, 2 HR and 26 RBI in 64G… Spent the majority of the season with Trenton, hitting .217 (31-for-143) with 18 R, 6 2B, 3 3B and 17 RBI in 43G…

PERSONAL: In two seasons with University of California, Riverside, hit .318 (89-for-283) in 78G… Named a Big West honorable mention as a sophomore… Graduated from Vista del Lago H.S. (Calif.), where he was named Second-Team All-State as a senior and set a school record with 149 career hits… His uncle, Joe Dawley, was a right-handed reliever for Atlanta (2002-03) and Cleveland (2004)...

REX BROTHERS | LHP L/L | 6’0” | 205 LBS | Opening Day Age: 31 | Murfreesboro, TN | Lipscomb University | MiLB Free Agent, 12/20/2018 | MLB Service: 4.091 | 2018 pitching statistics (with atlanta braves) team w-l era g/gs sv ip h k bb baa whip Atlanta (MLB) 0-0 INF 1/0 0 0.0 0 0 2 INF INF Gwinnett (AAA) 2-4 7.24 32/0 1 27.1 26 37 33 .257 2.16 Mississippi (AA) 3-1 4.05 11/0 0 13.1 7 19 11 .149 1.35 2018 Totals 5-5 6.42 44/0 1 40.2 33 56 46 .223 1.94 MiLB CAREER (9 Years) 17-12 3.91 208/0 14 214.1 153 299 157 .202 1.45 MLB CAREER (7 Years) 20-14 3.79 314/0 20 266.0 244 311 154 .244 1.50

2018: Made the Atlanta Braves’ Opening Day roster but spent the majority of the season in the minors after walking both batters in his lone relief appearance for Atlanta on 3/29 vs. Philadelphia (0.0 IP, ER)... Optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett on 3/31 and outrighted off the 40-man roster on 4/25... Made a total of 43 relief appearances between Gwinnett (32G) and Double-A Mississippi (11G), posting a 5-5 record with 1 SV and a 6.20 ERA (40.2 IP, 33 H, 30R/28ER, 44 BB, 56 K)...

PERSONAL: Originally selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round (34th overall) of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft -- taken three picks ahead of current Yankees LHP James Paxton... Acquired by the Chicago Cubs from the Rockies in exchange for LHP Wander Cabrera 11/25/15... Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an MiLB free agent 2/3/17... Pitched in 75G for the Rockies in 2012, going 8-2 (T-1st among MLB relievers with the White Sox’ Nate Jones (8-0) and the Dodgers’ Ronald Belisario (8-1))... He and his wife, Jill, have a daughter, River, and twin boys, Zion and Duke... Works with Heal Ministries, a non-profit organization that empowers and provides resources to vulnerable, abandoned and widowed women in Uganda... Three seasons at Lipscomb University (2007-09)... Named to the All- Atlantic Sun First Team in 2009 after finishing second in NCAA with a school-record 132 strikeouts... Helped Lipscomb to its first ever NCAA tournament appearance as a sophomore in 2008...Named 2007 Atlantic Sun “Freshman of the Year” and earned Louisville Slugger All- Freshman honors... Graduated from Shelbyville Central H.S. (TN) in 2006...

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2018: Played in 102G at Triple-A Omaha and batted .255 (96-for-376) with 51 R, 9 2B, 3B, 4 HR, 36 RBI and 10 SB -- Designated for assignment before the season on 2/28 and outrighted on 3/4...

2015: Finished 5th in AL Rookie of the Year voting after batting .294/.334/.392 with 70 R, 18 2B, 9 3B, 5 HR, 42 RBI and 26 SB in 125G with Oakland... T-3rd in the AL in SB and T-6th in 3B... Posted the second-highest BA by a qualified rookie switch- hitter in AL history, behind Lu Blue, who hit .308 for the 1921 Detroit Tigers... Led Major League rookies in steals (26) and multi-hit games (47), and led AL rookies in H...

PERSONAL: Made back-to-back Opening Day Rosters in 2015 an 2016... Named 2013 “Minor League Player of the Year”: 121G in A+/AA hitting .315/.425/.383 (140-for-444) with 96 R, 12 2B, 9 3B, 37 RBI, 74 SB (3rd, MiLB)... Acquired by the Oakland Athletics from the Nationals in exchange for LHP Jerry Blevins 12/11/13... Acquired by the Kansas City Royals from the Athletics in exchange for OF Brett Eibner 7/30/16... Played three seasons at Mercer University (2009 - 2011)... Named to the 2011 Capital One Academic All-America third team... Originally selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 16th round of the 2008 MLB Draft but did not sign... Later signed after his Junior year when selected in the 32nd round of the 2011 MLB Draft by the Washington Nationals... Father, Robert, was a running back on the 1974 New York Jets, starting 2-of- 14 games and gaining 158 yards on 40 carries (3.9 AVG)... Sister, Abbey, is a member of the U.S. Paralympic Swim Team… Recorded his first MLB hit 9/12/04 at Seattle, a pinch-hit single in the 6th inning off current NYY pitcher, James Paxton...

2018: Combined between Double-A Trenton and High-A Tampa to go 0-3 with a 5.65 ERA over 12G/11GS (51.0 IP, 54 H (.271 BAA), 37R/32ER, 39 BB, 34 K)... Finished 2018 with a 1.31 GO:AO ratio, the lowest of his career (2017: 2.26 | 2016: 2.89 | 2015: 2.67)...

PERSONAL: Graduated from Science Hill H.S. (TN)... In one season at University of Alabama (2015), went 4-6 with a 5.03 ERA (62.2 IP, 35 ER) in 13G/11GS... Prior to attending Alabama, played at East Tennessee State University (2013) and Walters State Community College (TN) (2014)... Selected by Texas in the 35th round of the 2014 MLB Draft but did not sign, before signing with the Yankees after being selected by New York in the 14th round of the 2015 Draft... First stint with Double-A Trenton in 2016, posted 3.75 GO:AO ratio over 8G/8GS (41.0 IP) -- Final 5GS of the season: 56 Groundouts : 5 Airouts (11.2 GO:AO)...

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LUIS CESSA | RHP R/R | 6'0” | 210 LBS | Opening Day Age: 26 | Cordoba, Mexico | Trade (Detroit), 12/9/2015 | MLB Service: 1.131 | 2018 pitching statistics team w-l era g/gs sv ip h k bb baa whip New York Yankees (MLB) 1-4 5.24 16/5 2 44.2 51 39 13 .282 1.43 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) 3-0 2.73 6/5 0 26.1 19 25 4 .196 0.87 Trenton (AA) 0-1 2.70 2/2 0 10.0 6 12 1 .167 0.70 Tampa (A+) 0-1 10.80 1/1 0 1.2 3 1 4 .375 4.20 2018 Totals 4-6 4.83 25/13 2 72.2 79 77 22 .246 1.39 MiLB CAREER (8 Years) 45-41 3.55 133/121 1 707.1 697 593 168 .258 1.22 MLB CAREER (3 Years) 5-11 4.71 43/19 2 151.0 151 115 44 .257 1.29

2018: Assigned to SWB RailRiders roster 3/23 at the end of Spring Training... Went 1-4 with 2 SV and a 5.24 ERA (44.2 IP, 26ER) in 16G/5GS over eight stints with the Yankees... Tossed at least 2.0 IP in 9-of-11 MLB relief appearances and 3.0 IP in 6-of-11G... Placed on the 10-day disabled list from 4/19 (retroactive to 4/18) - 6/21 with a left oblique strain, missing 55 team games...was removed from 4/17 loss vs. Miami in the eighth inning with the injury... In 6G/5GS for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, went 3-0 with a 2.73 ERA (26.1 IP, 8ER)… In 4GS in Spring Training: 2-0 with a 6.75 ERA (9.1 IP, 7ER) and 10 K…

2017: Went 0-3 with a 4.75 ERA (36.0 IP, 19 ER) in 10G/5GS over four stints with the Yankees... In his five starts: 0-3 with a 5.82 ERA (21.2 IP, 14 ER)... In his five relief appearances: 0-0 with a 3.14 ERA (14.1 IP, 5 ER)… Placed on the 10-day disabled list on 8/15 with a ribcage injury and transferred to the 60-day D.L. on 9/1… Missed the team’s final 45 games of the season…In 14 games (13 starts) with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, went 4-6 with a 3.45 ERA (78.1 IP, 30 ER) with 67 K...

PERSONAL: Color analyst for FOX Latin America’s broadcast of the 2016 World Series…Originally signed by the New York Mets in July 2008 as an infielder, and was converted full-time to pitching in 2011…Traded by the Mets to the Detroit Tigers along with RHP Michael Fulmer in exchange for OF Yoenis Cespedes on 7/31/15... Acquired by the Yankees from the Detroit Tigers along with RHP Chad Green in exchange for LHP Justin Wilson on 12/9/15... One of five Mexico-born pitchers to start a game in Yankees history, joining Jaime García (8GS), Esteban Loaiza (6GS), Alfredo Aceves (5GS) and Alfonso Pulido (3GS)…

NESTOR CORTES | LHP L/L | 5'11” | 190 LBS | Opening Day Age: 24 | Hialeah, FL | Hialeah H.S. (FL) | 36th Round, 2013 MLB Draft | MLB Service: 0.016 | 2018 pitching statistics (with nyy & bal) team w-l era g/gs sv ip h k bb baa whip Baltimore (MLB) 0-0 7.71 4/0 0 4.2 10 3 4 .455 3.00 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) 6-6 3.71 23/18 0 111.2 95 96 37 .228 1.18 Trenton (AA) 0-0 2.70 1/0 0 3.1 3 3 1 .250 1.20 2018 Totals 0-3 5.65 12/11 0 51.0 54 34 39 .271 1.82 MiLB CAREER (6 Years) 31-20 2.50 108/58 4 439.1 345 443 114 .214 1.04 MLB CAREER (1 Year) 0-0 7.71 4/0 0 4.2 10 3 4 .455 3.00

2018: Assigned to Triple-A SWB 4/20 -- took the place of RHP Anyelo Gomez (DL)... Selected by the Baltimore Orioles 12/14/2017 in the Rule 5 Draft and made the Orioles Opening Day Roster... Appeared in 4G with the Orioles before being Designated for Assignment 4/10 and returned to the Yankees 4/13: 4.2 IP, 10 H (.455 BAA), 4R/4ER (7.71 ERA), 4 BB (3.00 WHIP), 2 HR, 3 K... Made one relief appearance with Double-A Trenton 4/16 @ Erie (3.1 IP, R/ER), then joined Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre for the rest of the season 4/20: 6-6 with a 3.71 ERA (111.2 IP, 95 H, 50R/46ER, 37 BB, 96 K)in 23G/18GS with the RailRiders... Struck out seven consecutive batters in start 5/15 vs. Lehigh Valley and didn’t allow a hit until a leadoff HR in the top of the th4 inning by Mitch Walding... Worked six scoreless @ TOL in 7/16 Win, striking out 10...

2017: Split time between High-A Tampa (1G), Double-A Trenton (18G/7GS) and Triple-A SWB (11G/6GS), going 7-4 with a 2.06 ERA and 105 K in 104.1 IP... With the RailRiders, was 2-4 with a 1.49 ERA (8 ER in 48.1 IP), with 57 K... 7/30 @ Charlotte: Retired all 14 batters with 7K over 4.2 IP... Named an Eastern League Midseason All-Star with the Trenton Thunder and had to scrap his plans to go home to the Miami-area and meet up with Yankees RHP Domingo German at the MLB ASG...

PERSONAL: Originally selected by the Yankees in the 36th Round of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft out of Hialeah H.S. (FL) in 2013... Over 106.0 IP in 2016, had the lowest ERA (1.53 ERA), WHIP (0.80 WHIP) and BAA (.167 BAA) in all of MiLB (minimum 100.0 IP)... Made one relief appearance with Trenton 6/26/16 @ Akron in his Double-A debut, earning a save while allowing just 1H over 4.0 IP -- 2R HR to Clint Frazier...

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2018: Placed on Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Opening Day roster... Spent the entire season with SWB, going 1-4 with 5 SV and a 4.95 ERA (56.1 IP, 54 H, 35R/31ER, 28 BB, 66 K) in 38G/0GS... First 14G until 5/28: 21.2 IP, 15 H (15-for- 76, .197 BAA), 5ER (2.08 ERA), 26 K (10.8 K/9), 2 HR --> 5/28 vs. Syracuse: 0.1 IP, 7 H, 7R/7ER, BB, K, 3 HR... Placed on 7-Day DL on 7/18 (retroactive to 7/18) and activated on 7/20...

2017: Combined at Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to go 2-6 with 15 SV and a 3.75 ERA (60.0 IP, 71 H, 32R/25ER, 24 BB, 76 K) in 45G/0GS… Led NYY MiLB in Saves and ranked 4th in the Eastern League… Final 17G/0GS: 25.0 IP, 5ER (1.80 ERA)… Spent the majority of the season with Trenton, going 2-5 with 15 SV and a 3.81 ERA (54.1 IP, 63 H, 30R/23ER, 22 BB, 72 K) in 41G/0GS… 4G/0GS for SWB: 0-1 with a 3.18 ERA (5.2 IP, 8 H, 2ER, 2 BB, 4 K)...

PERSONAL: Graduated from Deer Creek H.S. (OK) in 2010... Earned All-State honors as a senior after he was tabbed a 2010 Under Armour Preseason All-American entering the year... Began his collegiate career at the University of Oklahoma, redshirting in 2011 and going 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA (13.0 IP, 3 ER) in 3 GS in 2012... Transferred to Oklahoma Christian University, where he went 3-5 with 2 CG and a 4.56 ERA (73.0 IP, 37 ER) in 13GS to help the Eagles reach the NCCAA World Series in 2013... Honored in 2016 and 2017 with the Trenton Thunder’s Samuel J. Plumeri Sr. Community Service Award...

DANNY COULOMBE | LHP L/L | 5'10” | 190 LBS | Opening Day Age: 29 | St. Louis, MO | Texas Tech University | MiLB Free Agent, 12/16/2018 | MLB Service: 2.054 | 2018 pitching statistics (with oakland athletics) team w-l era g/gs sv ip h k bb baa whip Oakland (MLB) 1-1 4.56 27/0 0 23.2 24 26 11 .279 1.48 Nashville (AAA) 2-1 2.54 23/1 0 28.1 30 28 6 .280 1.27 2018 Totals 3-2 3.46 50/1 0 52.0 54 54 17 .280 1.37 MiLB CAREER (6 Years) 12-5 3.07 207/1 9 252.0 198 318 129 .215 1.30 MLB CAREER (5 Years) 6-4 4.27 153/0 0 143.1 129 134 61 .242 1.33

2018: Made his second career and consecutive Opening Day roster with the Oakland Athletics, going 1-1 with a 4.56 ERA (23.2 IP, 24 H (.279 BAA), 13R/12ER, 11 BB, 26 K) in 27G/0GS over four stints with Oakland (3/27-4/20, 4/27-6/13, 6/22, 9/1-9/3)... Designated for assignment on 9/3 and outrighted on 9/5... Pitched in 23G/1GS for Triple-A Nashville, where he posted a 2-1 record with a 2.54ERA (28.1 IP, 8R/8ER)...

2017: Ranked 5th in the AL with 72G/0GS while going 2-2 with a 3.48 ERA (51.2 IP, 46 H (.240 BAA), 22R/20ER, 22 BB, 39 K) with Oakland... Scoreless in 57-of-72 games but pitched less than 1.0 IP in 42-of-72 outings...

PERSONAL: Pitched at the University of Southern California for one year (2009) and South Mountain Community College for a year (2010) before transferring to Texas Tech, where he took a medical redshirt (2011) while recovering from Tommy John surgery and pitched one season (2012)... Graduated from Chaparral H.S. (AZ.), where he was named the 2008 4A State Player of the Year, a Louisville Slugger All-American, an ABCA/Rawlings Third-Team All-American and a Baseball America Third-Team All- American... Originally selected by the Dodgers in the 17th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft but did not sign… Later selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 25th round of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft... Acquired by the Oakland Athletics from the Dodgers in exchange for cash considerations 9/10/15...

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2018: Combined at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Double-A Trenton and High-A Tampa to play 81G and hit .234 AVG with 13 2B, 3 3B, 2 HR and 33 RBI and 8-for-14 SB... Began the season on the Trenton Thunder Opening Day Roster... Promoted to RailRiders roster from Double-A Trenton 4/9 - 4/16... In 6G with the RailRiders, hit .333 (6-for-18) with a 2B, 3B and 3 RBI... 4-game series @ Charlotte (4/12-4/15): 8-for-15 (.533 AVG) before transferred to Trenton the following day...

2017: Spent the season with Trenton, batting .210 (79-for-376) with 57 R, 13 doubles, four triples, five home runs, 32 RBI, 28 BB and 16 stolen bases in 106 games… hit .412 (7-for-17) with two runs, three doubles, one RBI and three BB in five postseason games with the Thunder…

PERSONAL: Graduated in 2012 from Mundy’s Mill H.S. (GA), where he won the 2012 Region 4-A Player of the Year Award as a third baseman... Was originally selected by the Cubs in the 11th round of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft… Acquired by the Yankees along with RHP Adam Warren, SS Gleyber Torres and OF Billy McKinney from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for LHP Aroldis Chapman on 7/25/16... 8 3B with Single-A Myrtle Beach were tied for the Carolina League lead at the time of the trade...

FRANCISCO DIAZ | C S/R | 5'11” | 185 LBS | Opening Day Age: 29 | Punta Cadron, Venezuela | MiLB Free Agent, 9/15/2017 | MLB Service: 0.000 | 2018 batting statistics team g avg h r 2b 3b hr rbi sb cs Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) 34 .268 26 12 2 1 0 9 0 0 Trenton (AA) 19 .344 22 12 4 0 1 12 0 0 Tampa (A+) 21 .213 13 9 2 0 0 7 0 0 2018 Totals 74 .275 61 33 8 1 1 28 0 0 MiLB CAREER (12 Years) 593 .256 464 231 81 9 7 183 19 13

2018: Split the season between Single-A Tampa, Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and hit .275/.381/.333 (61-for-222) with 33 R, 8 2B, 3B, HR, 28 RBI and 36 BB in 74G... Named a Florida State League Mid-Season All-Star with Single-A Tampa, his first career All-Star honors...threw out 43.8% of attempted base stealers (28-for-64) at all levels... First transferred to Triple-A SWB 6/25 when Kyle Higashioka was recalled by New York Yankees (Gary Sanchez -- Grade I groin strain, out 3-4 weeks)... 17G with Double-A Trenton Thunder: .393 AVG (22-for-56), 4 2B, HR, 12 RBI, 8 BB (.469 OBP), 11 K... Final 5G with Trenton Thunder prior to promotion: 11-for-18 (.611 AVG), 3 2B, 7 RBI... Transferred to Trenton 5/22 from Tampa Yankees... Began season with Tampa: 21G, .213/.368/.246, 2 2B, 7 RBI, 13 BB, 13 K…

2017: Combined at Double-A Trenton, High-A Tampa, Triple-A Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre and SS-A Staten Island: .261 with 20 R, 9 2B, HR and 27 RBI in 58G… Combined to throw out 22-of-59 (37.3%) potential base stealers… Spent the majority of the season with Double-A Trenton, batting .228 (36-for-158) with 17 R, 5 2B and 14 RBI in 46G… 3-for-13, 2 2B and 4 RBI in 4G with SWB…

PERSONAL: Originally signed by Philadelphia as a non-drafted free agent on 7/2/06... Selected by Pittsburgh in the Triple-A phase of the Rule 5 Draft on 12/8/11... Signed by the Yankees as a MiLB free agent on 2/5/16, 10/12/16, 9/25/17 and 10/24/18...

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RAYNEL ESPINAL | RHP R/R | 6'2” | 215 LBS | Opening Day Age: 27 | Villa Gonzalez, Dominican Republic | International Free Agent, 9/27/2012 | MLB Service: 0.000 | 2018 pitching statistics team w-l era g/gs sv ip h k bb baa whip Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) 7-2 3.09 41/3 2 67.0 55 95 26 .222 1.21 2018 Totals 7-2 3.09 41/3 2 67.0 55 95 26 .222 1.21 MiLB CAREER (5 Years) 19-17 3.04 121/18 17 272.1 226 332 77 .222 1.11

2018: Placed on RailRiders Opening Day roster... Made 41 appearances (three starts) for Triple-A SWB and went 7-2 with 2 SV and a 3.09 ERA (67.0 IP, 55 H (.222 BAA), 27R/23ER, 26 BB, 95 K)... Allowed runs in only 2-of-11G to start the season (4 ER in 16.2 IP -- 2.16 ERA)... First arm used out of the bullpen in 2018 by the RailRiders, Opening Night (4/6) vs. Syracuse: 2.1 IP, H, 0R... Started game 8/26 @ Lehigh Valley and had 8 K over 3.0 IP -- The only non-strikeout was a P2 (Foul)... his 12.76 K/9.0IP was 3rd among NYY MiLB...

2017: Combined at Single-A Charleston, Advanced-A Tampa and Double-A Trenton to go 4-2 with one save and a 1.09 ERA (74.1 IP, 38 H, 12 R/9 ER, 15 BB, 93 K, 3 HR) in 27G/3GS… Led all of MiLB (min. 60.0 IP) with a 0.71 WHIP… 5th in MiLB in H/9.0IP (4.60)… 6.20 K/BB ratio was 2nd among NYY MiLB (min. 50.0IP)... Started the season with Charleston (2-1, 1.16 ERA) in 10G/0GS... Promoted to Tampa (0-1, 1.69 ERA) in 8G/1GS… Promoted to Trenton on 7/22 and finished the season with the Thunder: 2-0, 0.46 ERA (19.2 IP, 7 H, 2R/ER, 8 BB, 28 K) in 9G/2GS… Postseason for Trenton: 2G, 3.2 IP, 0R, 2 H, 3 K…

PERSONAL: Signed by the New York Yankees as a non-drafted free agent 9/27/2012... His 7.22 K/BB ratio in 2016 was 2nd among NYY MiLB (min. 50.0 IP) which included 30 K and 0 BB in 31.2 IP in the GCL…

2018: Combined with Single-A Tampa and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to hit .192 (15-for-78) with 5 R, 3 2B and 8 RBI in 18G... Transferred from Tampa to SWB 4/30... Started the season on the Disabled List due to a gunshot wound to his right hip sustained in Veneuela during the offseason... Tabbed by Baseball America as the Yankees’ No. 9 prospect prior to the season... Following the season, played for the Arizona Fall League’s Glendale Desert Dogs, batting .238 (19-for-80) with 9 R, 2 2B and 7 RBI in 19G...

2017: Played exclusively for Double-A Trenton Thunder during a season in which he was 21 years old... Appeared in 122G, .301 AVG, 19 2B, 4 3B, 6 HR, 48 RBI, 72 R, 34 BB (.353 OBP), 8-for-11 SB... Named an Eastern League Midseason & Postseason All-Star... Starting SS in ASG: 1-for-3, 2 BB... Named an Organizational All-Star by MiLB.com... Placed on the All-Prospect Team in the Arizona Fall League for the Scottsdale Scorpions: 20G, .342 AVG (27-for-83), 2 2B, 3B, HR, 10 RBI, 13 R, 3-for-4 SB... 2nd in the Eastern League in hits (149), T-4th in runs (72) and ranked 6th in AVG (.301)... Among Yankees farmhands, ranked 2nd in hits (149) and 4th in AVG (.301)... Primarily played SS (90G), but also saw time at 2B (23G) and 3B (3G)… At 21 years and two months, was the 7th-youngest player to make a 2017 Opening Day roster in the EL... Added to the Yankees’ 40-man roster on 11/20/17... Ranked as the No. 30 prospect in the NYY organization according to Baseball America…

2016: Split the season between Single-A Charleston and Single-A Tampa and hit .290/.346/.391 (132-for-455) with 63 R, 18 2B, 2 3B, 8 HR, 49 RBI and 18-for-26 SB (69.2%) in 118G... Named an MiLB. com Organization All-Star... 6th among NYY MiLB in AVG…Promoted to Tampa on 5/23…

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DANNY FARQUHAR | RHP R/R | 5'11” | 185 LBS | Opening Day Age: 31 | Pembroke Pines, FL | University of Louisiana Lafayette | MiLB Free Agent, 1/9/2019 | MLB Service: 4.135 | 2018 pitching statistics (with chicago white sox) team w-l era g/gs sv ip h k bb baa whip Chicago-AL (MLB) 1-1 5.63 8/0 0 8.0 6 9 0 .214 0.75 2018 Totals 1-1 5.63 8/0 0 8.0 6 9 0 .214 0.75 MiLB CAREER (9 Years) 20-22 2.98 306/1 75 408.0 328 417 161 .220 1.20 MLB CAREER (7 Years) 10-15 3.93 253/0 18 272.1 237 309 106 .234 1.26

2018: Limited to 8G with the Chicago White Sox, going 1-1 with a 5.63 ERA (8.0 IP, 6 H, 5R/5ER, 0 BB, 9 K)... Left 4/20 game vs. Houston after suffering a brain hemorrhage from a ruptured aneurysm in the 6th inning... Underwent successful surgery on 4/21 to address the aneurysm... Following the surgery, doctors confirmed he had use of his extremities, responded appropriately to questions and commands and spoke to doctors and his family... Placed on the 60-day DL 4/23, missing the remainder of the season... Discharged from RUSH 5/7 and began resting at home with his family... Visited teammates and coaches at Guaranteed Rate Field for the first time 5/8... Threw out a ceremonial first pitch prior to the game on 6/1 vs. Milwaukee, surrounded by his family, team-mates and coaches, and the doctors, nurses and staff of RUSH University Medical Center that assisted in his recovery...

PERSONAL: Previously pitched in the Yankees organization in 2012, allowing just 2 H and 0 BB with 15 K over 13.0 scoreless IP with Trenton and SWB... Originally selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 10th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft... Acquired by the Oakland Athletics along with RHP Trystan Magnuson from the Blue Jays in exchange for OF Rajai Davis on 11/17/10... Acquired by the Blue Jays from the A’s in exchange for LHP David Purcey on 4/18/11... Acquired by the Seattle Mariners along with RHP D.J. Mitchell from the Yankees in exchange for OF Ichiro Suzuki on 7/23/12... Has pitched in six of the 15 AL organizations... Played three seasons at Louisiana-Lafayette (2005-08)... Prior to the 2008 season, was named Sun Belt Preseason “Pitcher of the Year” appeared on the Brooks Wallace and the Golden Spikes Award Watch Lists... 2005 graduate of Archbishop McCarthy (FL) H.S., where he also ran cross country...

2018: Placed on RailRiders Opening Day roster... Appeared in 37G for SWB, going 6-6 with 1 SV and a 3.45 ERA (60.0 IP, 56 H (.253 BAA), 24R/23ER, 25 BB, 59 K)... Earned win Opening Night 4/6 vs. Syracuse -- The deficit grew to 5-1 before Abiatal Avelino capped a 5R bottom of the 9th inning with a walk-off 3R HR... 17G from 5/6 - 7/3: 27.2 IP, 2R/2ER (0.65 ERA), 17 H (17-for-95, .179 BAA), 28 K (9.2 K/9)... Placed on the 7-Day DL 8/23, ending his season...

2017: Combined at Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to go 2-3 with four saves and a 3.27 ERA (63.1 IP, 49 H (.219 BAA), 26R/23ER, 28 BB, 60 K) in 27G/0GS… Allowed 5-of-23ER in his final appearance of the season, posting a 2.60 ERA (62.1 IP, 18ER) in his first 26G/0GS… Began the season with Trenton, converting three saves and posting a 2.70 ERA (20.0 IP, 14 H, 6R/6ER, 8 BB, 18 K, 2 HR) in 13G/0GS… Promoted to SWB 5/31 and went 2-3 with one save and a 3.53 ERA (43.1 IP, 35 H, 20R/17ER, 20 BB, 42 K) in 24G/0GS to end the season...

PERSONAL: Full name is Jonathon P. Feyereisen… Played three seasons at Wisconsin-Stevens Point (2012 - 2014)… Ranked by Baseball America as the top pro prospect in all of Division III in 2014… Earned a win in the 2013 D-III College World Series… Named the 2013 WIAC Pitcher of the Year… Graduated in 2011 from River Falls H.S. (WI), where he was named Third-Team All-State as a senior... Originally selected by Cleveland in the 16th round of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft... Acquired by the Yankees 7/31/2016 with OF Clint Frazier, LHP Justus Sheffield and RHP Ben Heller from Cleveland in exchange for LHP Andrew Miller... 2016 Eastern League Mid-Season All-Star, splitting the season, between Double-A Akron and Double-A Trenton -- led EL relievers in K/9.0IP ratio (12.03) and ranked third with a .185 BAA...

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2018: Placed on RailRiders Opening Day roster 4/6, one night after playing and homering on Opening Night for the Trenton Thunder 4/5... Combined between Double-A Trenton Thunder (44G) and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (27G) to bat .290 with 19 2B, 3B, 6 HR and 34 RBI and 2-for-3 SB...

2017: Combined with Double-A Trenton, Triple-A SWB and Single-A Tampa to bat .254 with 46 R, 17 2B, 3 3B, 10 HR and 61 RBI in 99G…Spent the majority of the season with Trenton, hitting .255 with 41 R, 12 2B, 3 3B, 9 HR and 51 RBI in 76G…

2016: Split the season between Tampa, Trenton and Staten Island, hitting a combined .291/.363/.408 with 34 R, 21 2B, 3B, 4 HR, 47 RBI and 32 BB in 82G… Began season with High-A Tampa Yankees for 38G, batting .329 AVG before transferred to Double-A Trenton 5/23 -- .329 AVG ranked 3rd in the Florida State League at the time of the promotion along with being Top-5 with 27 RBI (T-3rd), 13 2B (2nd), .395 OBP (5th) and .479 SLG (4th)…

PERSONAL: Played 3 seasons at West Virginia University, including All-Big 12 First Team as a Junior with a .351 AVG ranked second in the Big 12… Graduated from Council Rock South H.S. (~120 Miles from Scranton)… College roommates with current teammate Ryan McBroom – When McBroom was acquired in a trade from Toronto last he lived with the Fleming’s and commuted to Double-A Trenton… Hometown is 15 miles from Trenton Thunder's ARM & HAMMER Park... Signed by the New York Yankees as non-drafted free agent 7/23/2014...

2018: Selected by the Seattle Mariners from the Yankees in the first round of the Major League phase of the 2017 Rule 5 Draft on 12/14/17; was returned to the Yankees on 3/24/18... Placed on RailRiders Opening Day roster... played most of the season with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, hitting .253/.327/.433 (93-for-367) with 48 R, 21 2B, 15 HR (1st, SWB), 52 RBI and 37 BB in 102G... Homered twice in 4/12 win @ Charlotte, marking the only multi-HR game of the season by a RailRider until Mark Payton had 2 HR 6/15 @ Syracuse... On the DL (back/side) from 6/8 - 7/12 after tweaking his back on a swing 6/7 vs. Durham... Played in six rehab games with SS-A Staten Island on the way back from injury, going 4-for-13 (.308 AVG) over his final 4G with 2 BB and a HR...

2017: Combined with Double-A Trenton and SWB to hit .270/.404/.471 with 80 R, 24 2B, 20 HR and 86 RBI in 126G… Eastern League Mid-Season All-Star and named a Yankees MiLB.com Organization All-Star… 94 BB were T-3rd in all of MiLB…

PERSONAL: As a junior at Princeton in 2013, he became the first player to ever win both the Ivy League Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year Awards in the same season… Played two ways at Princeton for three seasons, hitting .299 with 10 HR, 100 RBI and 72 BB in 123G while going 15-8 with a 2.83 ERA (184.2 IP, 96K) in 29G/28GS on the mound... In 2014 he hit 4 HR in one game at Hickory on 5/25/14, and is one of three players in South Atlantic League history with a 4 HR game (Pat Garman, 5/20/88 with Gastonia; Tony Mongeluzzo, 4/20/02 with Savannah)...

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CLINT FRAZIER | OF R/R | 6'1” | 190 LBS | Opening Day Age: 24 | Decatur, GA | Loganiville H.S. (GA) | Trade (Cleveland), 7/31/2016 | MLB Service: 1.057 | 2018 batting statistics team g avg h r 2b 3b hr rbi sb cs New York Yankees (MLB) 15 .265 9 9 3 0 0 1 0 0 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) 48 .311 59 38 14 3 10 21 4 2 Tampa (A+) 6 .250 5 6 1 0 1 3 2 0 2018 Totals 69 .299 73 53 18 3 11 25 6 2 MiLB CAREER (6 Years) 544 .275 576 355 126 24 73 271 58 23 MLB CAREER (2 Years) 54 .238 40 25 12 4 4 18 1 0

2018: Began the season on the Disabled List (concussion) and did not appear in a game until 4/26 for the Tampa Tarpons vs. Port Charlotte... Had MLB rehab transferred to SWB 5/1 then optioned to SWB 5/2 after his MLB rehab ended... Two stints with Yankees from 6/18-6/25 and 7/7-7/16... Scored run in each of his first 7G of the season (5/19-6/21)-- Tied for the Majors’ longest season-opening runs streak since 2008: Shin-Soo Choo (CIN), 2013; Marco Scutaro (TOR), 2009)...

2017: In 74G with SWB: .256 AVG, 19 2B, 2 3B, 12 HR, 42 RBI, 9-for-11 SB... Hit .231 (31-for-134) with 16 R, 9 2B, 4 3B, 4 HR and 17 RBI in 39G/27GS for the New York Yankees... 17-of-31H went for extra bases (54.8%)… 4th Yankee to hit at least 3 HR within his first 7 MLB games: Jesús Montero, 2011 (3 HR), Shelley Duncan, 2007 (4 HR), Steve Whitaker, 1966 (3 HR).. Had 11 XBH (6 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR) through his first 16G (7/1-23): The only other player in Yankees history with at least 11 XBH through 16G is Joe DiMaggio (13)... MLB debut in 7/1 loss at Houston and became the 12th Yankee to homer in his MLB debut -- Last: Tyler Austin and Aaron Judge went back-to-back on 8/13/16 vs. Toronto...

PERSONAL: Acquired by the Yankees with LHP Justus Sheffield, RHP Ben Heller and RHP J.P. Feyereisen from Cleveland in exchange for LHP Andrew Miller on July 31, 2016... Was signed to play at the University of Georgia prior to signing with the Indians.. First H.S. position player chosen in the 2013 First-Year Player Draft (No. 5) -- top-ranked player in the nation by Perfect Game USA and MaxPreps entering the draft... Named the 2013 Gatorade National Baseball Player of the Year after hitting .485/.561/1.134 as a senior...

DOMINGO GERMÁN | RHP R/R | 6'2” | 180 LBS | Opening Day Age: 26 | San Pedro de Macoris | Trade (Miami), 12/19/2014 | MLB Service: 1.017 | 2018 pitching statistics team w-l era g/gs sv ip h k bb baa whip New York Yankees (MLB) 2-6 5.57 21/14 0 85.2 81 102 33 .242 1.33 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) 0-0 18.00 1/1 0 1.0 2 0 0 .400 2.00 Tampa (A+) 0-0 0.00 2/2 0 6.0 3 8 2 .150 0.83 Yankees East (GCL) 0-1 33.75 1/0 0 1.1 3 2 2 .429 3.75 2018 Totals 2-7 5.74 25/17 0 94.0 89 112 37 .244 1.34 MiLB CAREER (8 Years) 29-20 2.64 111/76 6 461.0 388 453 138 .227 1.14 MLB CAREER (2 Years) 2-7 5.22 28/14 0 100.0 92 120 42 .238 1.34

2018: Went 2-6 with a 5.57 ERA (85.2 IP, 81 H (.242 BAA), 55R/53ER, 33 BB, 102 K, 15 HR) in 21G/14GS over two stints with the Yankees… First career MLB start 5/6 vs. CLE, tossing 6.0 hitless, scoreless innings with 9 K and 2 BB in a ND... Retired his first 11 batters faced before walking José Ramírez in the fourth -- Per Elias: First MLB pitcher since the mound was moved to 60’6” in 1893 to throw at least 6.0 hitless innings with at least 9 K in his first career start... Fourth Yankee to record at least 9 K in his first career start, joining Hideki Irabu (9 K, 7/10/97 vs. DET), Dan Tripple (10 K, 9/25/1915 vs. CLE) and Russ Ford (9 K, 4/21/1910 at PHI)… Combined to appeared in 4G/3GS in MiLB: 0-1 with a 7.56 ERA (8.1 IP, 7ER)... Missed a month on the MiLB DL... Also made two postseason starts with the RailRiders and was 0-1 with a 4.76 ERA (5.2 IP, 3ER)…

2017: Went 0-1 with a 3.14 ERA (14.1 IP, 5ER) in 7G/0GS over four stints with the Yankees... Made his MLB debut in 6/11 win vs. BAL, tossing 2.2 scoreless innings (2 H, BB, K)… In 20G/19GS between Trenton (6GS) and SWB (14G/13GS), combined to go 8-6 with a 2.88 ERA (109.1 IP, 35ER) and 119 K...

PERSONAL: Initially signed by the Florida Marlins on 8/12/09 as a non-drafted free agent... Named to the 2012 All- Star Futures Game World Team... Added to the Marlins’ 40-man roster on 11/20/14… Was acquired by the Yankees from Miami with RHP Nathan Eovaldi and INF Garrett Jones on 12/19/14, in exchange for RHP David Phelps and INF Martín Prado… Missed the entire 2015 season after undergoing “Tommy John” surgery on his right elbow on 3/31/15... Added to the Yankees’ 40-man roster 11/4/16... Non-tendered by the Yankees on 12/03/15 before signing with the club as a minor league free agent on 12/11/16...

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2016: With Single-A Charleston, was named to the SAL Postseason All-Star Team after finishing second in the South Atlantic League in home runs (21) and pacing the league with a 18.24 AB/HR ratio (383AB/21HR)...led the SAL and tied for third in the minors with four multi-HR games...tied for the highest home run total among Yankees minor leaguers and ranked fifth in RBI (70) to earn MiLB.com Organization All-Star honors...

2015: Was named a GCL Postseason All-Star with the GCL Yankees 1, batting .363 (45-for-124) with 25R, 9 doubles, 1 triple, 8HR, 29RBI and 17BB in 41 games...ranked third in the GCL in home runs and extra-base hits (18) and tied for third in RBI...

PERSONAL: Graduated from Sherman H.S. (TX) in 2012... Played at Grayson College (TX)...

DAVID HALE | RHP R/R | 6'2” | 210 LBS | Opening Day Age: 30 | Marietta, GA | Princeton University | MiLB Free Agent, 1/21/2019 | MLB Service: 2.031 | 2018 pitching statistics (with nyy & min) team w-l era g/gs sv ip h k bb baa whip New York AL (MLB) 0-0 2.53 3/0 0 10.2 12 6 1 .273 1.22 Minnesota (MLB) 0-0 12.00 1/0 0 3.0 4 2 4 .333 2.67 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) 3-2 4.20 11/11 0 55.2 58 44 17 .261 1.35 2018 Totals 3-2 4.28 15/11 0 69.1 74 52 22 .269 1.38 MiLB CAREER (3 Years) 37-46 4.20 172/127 6 760.2 820 575 260 .276 1.42 MLB CAREER (8 Years) 10-10 4.49 70/20 0 192.1 215 128 67 .280 1.47

2018: Placed on RailRiders Opening Day roster... 1/29 signed to a MiLB contract with an invite to spring training… 4/22 NYY selected his contract from SWB RailRiders… 4/24 NYY designated him for assignment… 4/26 MIN claimed Hale off waivers from NYY… 4/27 MIN activated Hale… 4/28 MIN designated Hale for assignment… 4/30 Hale elected free agency… 5/1 NYY signed free agent RHP David Hale to a MiLB contract and assign him to SWB RailRiders… 5/2 NYY selected the contract of Hale from SWB RailRiders… 5/15 NYY designated Hale for assignment… 5/18 NYY sent Hale outright to SWB RailRiders… 5/18 RHP David Hale elected free agency… 5/19 RHP David Hale signed to a MiLB contract and assigned to SWB RailRiders… 7/1 NYY selected his contract from SWB RailRiders... 7/7 NYY designated Hale for assignment... 7/10 Hale elected free agency…

2017: Combined with Double-A Tulsa and Triple-A Oklahoma City to go 5-4 with a 4.08 ERA (81.2 IP, 37ER) in 15G/14GS… Signed by Atlanta as a minor league free agent 3/4 before being released 3/24… Signed by Los Angeles-NL as a minor league free agent on 4/10...

PERSONAL: Attended Princeton University (N.J.), where he was both a pitcher and outfielder… Attended The Walker School in Marietta, where he was an infielder for three years prior to pitching as a senior… Voted the team’s Most Valuable Player in his senior season… As a junior, batted .532 and was named the team’s top offensive player.... Rated by Baseball America as the top prospect in the Ivy League prior to his junior season in 2009... Originally selected by Atlanta in the third round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft...

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JOE HARVEY | RHP R/R | 6'2” | 235 LBS | Opening Day Age: 27 | Audoban, PA | University of Pittsburgh | 19th Round, 2014 MLB Draft | MLB Service: 0.000 | 2018 pitching statistics team w-l era g/gs sv ip h k bb baa whip Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) 3-2 1.66 38/0 8 54.1 33 61 21 .174 0.99 Trenton (AA) 0-0 1.80 5/0 3 5.0 1 7 4 .063 1.00 2018 Totals 3-2 1.67 43/0 11 59.1 34 68 25 .165 0.99 MiLB CAREER (5 Years) 5-6 1.75 102/6 25 144.0 102 156 50 .197 1.06

2018: Combined between Trenton and SWB, to go 3-2 with 11 SV (T-2nd, NYY MiLB) and a 1.67 ERA in 43G/0GS (59.1 IP, 34 H, 12R/11ER, 25 BB, 68 K)... Set career-highs in appearances, innings pitched, saves and strikeouts... Following the season, pitched for Toros of the Dominican Winter League, holding opponents to just 1H in 3.2 scoreless innings over four relief appearances (2 SV, BB, 7 K)... Added to the Yankees’ 40-man roster on 11/20/18. Promoted from Trenton on 4/22 after 5G/0GS: with a 1.80 ERA, spanning five innings with seven strikeouts and four walks... Also was on the Trenton roster from 5/4 - 5/6 but did not appear in a game over those three days... In his Triple-A debut 4/24 vs. Columbus, was credited with a blown save and a loss after entering in relief of LHP Ryan Bollinger in the 6th inning: 1.0 IP, 4 H, 2R/2ER... 26G/0GS from 5/6 - 8/2: 37.2 IP, 5R/5ER (1.19 ERA), 12 H (12-for-122, .098 BAA), 43 K (10.3 K/9), 15 BB (0.73 WHIP)...

2017: Went 1-0 with four saves and a 1.05 ERA (25.2 IP, 13 H (.148 BAA), 3 ER, 8 BB, 29 K, 2 HR) in 18G/0GS with Single-A Tampa…

PERSONAL: Selected by the New York Yankees in the 19th Round by the of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft from the University of Pittsburgh, where he played three seasons (2012 - 2014)… In 12G/12GS as a junior in 2014, was 2-2 with a 2.90 ERA (71.1 IP, 23ER) and led the Panthers with 56 K… Compiled a 34.1-inning streak without an earned run… Graduated in 2010 from Kennedy-Kenrick Catholic H.S. (PA), where he lettered three seasons in baseball and also played football... Younger sister played field hockey at the University of Connecticut...

BEN HELLER | RHP R/R | 6'3” | 210 LBS | Opening Day Age: 27 | Milwaukee, WI | Olivet Nazarene University | Trade (Cleveland), 7/31/2016 | MLB Service: 1.096 | 2017 pitching statistics* team w-l era g/gs sv ip h k bb baa whip Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) 3-2 1.66 38/0 8 54.1 33 61 21 .174 0.99 Trenton (AA) 0-0 1.80 5/0 3 5.0 1 7 4 .063 1.00 2017 Totals 3-2 1.67 43/0 11 59.1 34 68 25 .165 0.99 MiLB CAREER (5 Years) 5-6 1.75 102/6 25 144.0 102 156 50 .197 1.06 MiLB CAREER (5 Years) 5-6 1.75 102/6 25 144.0 102 156 50 .197 1.06 *DID NOT PITCH IN 2018 DUE TO INJURY

2018: Missed the entire season after undergoing “Tommy John” surgery on 4/6, which also involved removing a bone spur from his right elbow... Procedure performed by Yankees Head Team Physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad...

2017: Went 1-0 with a 0.82 ERA (11.0 IP, 1ER) in 9G/0GS over three stints with the Yankees… Tossed a career-high 2.1 scoreless innings in 9/28 loss vs. Tampa Bay (BB, 2 K)… In 41G/0GS for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, went 5-4 with 6 SV, a 2.88 ERA (56.1 IP, 18ER) and 82 K... Led Yankees farmhands (min. 50.0 IP) with a 13.10 K/9.0IP ratio... At time of his final call-up, his .172 (34-for-198) BAA and 13.10 K/9.0 IP ratio (56.1 IP, 82 K) ranked second among relievers in the I.L.…

2016: Went 1-0 with a 6.43 ERA (7.0 IP, 5ER) in 10G/0GS over two stints with the NYY... Signed to an MLB contract and selected to the NYY 25-man roster from SWB 8/11... Made his MLB debut in 8/26 win vs. BAL, tossing a scoreless 8th inning… In 6G/0GS with SWB: 0-1 with 1 SV and a 1.42 ERA (6.1 IP, ER, 7 K)… Combined to go 3-2 with 12-of-13 SV and a 1.73 ERA (41.2 IP, 23 H (.159 BAA), 8ER, 12 BB (0.84 WHIP), 48 K) in 43G/0GS with Triple-A Columbus (28G) and Double-A Akron (15G)…

PERSONAL: Acquired by the Yankees from CLE, along with OF Clint Frazier, LHP Justus Sheffield and RHP J.P. Feyereisen, in exchange for LHP Andrew Miller 8/31/2016… Attended Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, IL (50 miles south of Chicago)… In December 2017, he and his wife traveled to Guatemala, delivering Christmas gifts to children in a local orphanage and donating ovens and water filters to families living in impoverished communities…

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2018: Played exclusively at Double-A Trenton, batting .195 in 91G with 7 2B, 3B, HR and 8-for-13 SB (61.5%)... Began the season on the Disabled List and then activated from 7-Day DL 5/12 when Rashad Crawford was transferred to Extended Spring Training…

2017: Ranked seventh among Yankees minor leaguers in BA (.292 AVG) between Single-A Tampa and Double-A Trenton...

2016: Finished fifth in the Yankees organization in BA (.293 AVG) between Single-A Charleston and Single-A Tampa, combining to hit .293/.381/.379 with 53 R, 21 2B, 4 3B, HR, 39 RBI, 48 BB and 17 SB in 97G... Named South Atlantic League “Player of the Week” for 5/30-6/5...

PERSONAL: Played three seasons at Oregon State (2013-15)... Named to the All-Pac-12 First Team and to the Pac-12 All- Defensive Team in both 2014 and 2015... Graduated from Santiam Christian H.S. (OR) in 2012 and was a two-time All-State First Team selection... Lettered four years in baseball and was named to the 3A All-State First Team in 2011-12 and Second Team in 2010... Also lettered three years in football – in which he was named to the 2011 3A All-State First Team as a kicker – and three in basketball, in which he earned 2012 3A All-State Second Team honors... Selected in the 39th round of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft by the Royals but did not sign... Ultimately signed after being selected in the 4th round of the 2015 Draft by the New York Yankees...

KYLE HIGASHIOKA | C R/R | 6'1” | 205 LBS | Opening Day Age: 28 | Huntington Beach, CA | Edison H.S. (CA) | 7th Round, 2008 MLB Draft | MLB Service: 0.124 | 2018 batting statistics team g avg h r 2b 3b hr rbi sb cs New York Yankees (MLB) 29 .167 12 6 2 0 3 6 0 0 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) 53 .202 38 16 10 1 5 22 2 0 2018 Totals 82 .192 50 22 12 1 8 28 2 1 MiLB CAREER (11 Years) 587 .242 497 235 118 3 65 282 4 6 MLB CAREER (2 Years) 38 .133 12 8 2 0 3 6 0 0

2018: Placed on RailRiders Opening Day roster where he played 53G: .202 AVG with 16 R, 10 2B, 5 HR and 22 RBI... Hit .167 (12-for-72) with 6 R, 2 2B, 3 HR and 6 RBI in 29G/20GS over two stints with the Yankees… Hit solo HR off David Price—the first hit and HR of his MLB career — snapped an 0-for-22 stretch to begin his career, the longest drought by a Yankee to start his career since RHP Hal Reniff (0-for-25 from 1961-64)... First Yankee to homer against Boston for his first MLB hit since Andy Phillips on 9/26/04 at Fenway Park… Second Yankee in franchise history to have his first three Major League hits go for HRs, joining Alfonso Soriano in 1999... On the Yankees’ AL Wild Card Game roster, but did not play…

2017: In 9G/5GS over two stints with NYY: 0-for-18, 2 R, 2 BB… First Yankee to make his MLB debut at catcher since Austin Romine on 9/11/2011 @ LAA… First MLB start at C in 4/12 win vs. Tampa Bay, going 0-for-4, R -- Behind the plate for LHP Jordan Montgomery’s MLB debut that day, making the duo the first NYY battery to make their first MLB starts in the same game since RHP Jorge De Paula and C Michel Hernandez on 9/26/03 vs. Baltimore… 14G with SWB: hit .264 (14-for-53) with 5 R, 4 2B, 2 HR and 11 RBI… Missed nearly half the season on the MiLB DL…

PERSONAL: Graduated from Edison (CA) H.S. in 2008... MiLB Career (since 2008): 30.7% CS (190-of-619) entering 2019 season... The 2008 seventh-round Yankees draft pick made his MLB debut in 2017 after spending parts of 10 seasons in the minors… Matches the club record for the longest gap from draft to debut by a player drafted by and debuting with the Yankees (INF George Zeber: 5th round of the 1968 Draft)…

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2018: Limited to 48G between Double-A Trenton, Single-A Tampa and Single-A Charleston, hitting .257 with 18 R, 6 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 22 RBI and 15 BB... Began the season on the MiLB DL and played 11G on rehab with Tampa and 5G on rehab with Charleston... With Trenton, batted .248 with 10 R, 4 2B, 3B, HR and 10 RBI in 32G... Did not commit an error in 132 total chances overall at all three levels...

2017: Batted .271 with 41 R, 16 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR and 44 RBI in 104G with Single-A Tampa... Struck out only 62 times in 442 PA, 4th-lowest PA/K ratio (7.13) in the Florida State League... Batted .347 (67-for-193) after the All-Star break... Following the season, batted .333 (15-for-45) with 5R, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 1HR and 6RBI in 11 games for the Scottsdale Scorpions of the Arizona Fall League...

PERSONAL: Named the “Best Defensive Shortstop” in the South Atlantic League in Baseball America’s Best Tools survey of league managers/coaches following 2016 season... Ranked by Baseball America as the No. 38 Prospect/No. 8 shortstop in the 2015 First-Year Player Draft... Played one season (2013) at Grossmont College (CA) before transferring to the University of San Diego for two seasons (2014-15)... As a junior in 2015, was named West Coast Conference Player of the Year and a Third-Team All-American by D1baseball.com after batting .348 with 4 HR and 31 RBI in 55 games... Also appeared on the Golden Spikes Award watch list and was a semifinalist for the Brooks Wallace Award, which honors the best collegiate shortstop... Graduated in 2012 from University City H.S. (CA), where he lettered in both baseball and basketball…

DREW HUTCHISON | RHP L/R | 6'3” | 205 LBS | Opening Day Age: 29 | Lakeland, FL | Lakeland Senior H.S. (FL) | Minor League Free Agent, 1/10/2019 | MLB Service: 4.091 | 2018 pitching statistics (with phi & tex) team w-l era g/gs sv ip h k bb baa whip Philadelphia (MLB) 1-1 4.64 11/0 0 21.1 21 19 13 .273 1.59 Texas (MLB) 1-1 8.86 5/5 0 21.1 29 12 13 .333 1.97 Oklahoma City (AAA) 4-1 2.14 9/7 0 42.0 38 40 13 .241 1.21 2018 Totals 6-3 2.55 25/12 0 84.2 88 71 39 .273 1.50 MiLB CAREER (8 Years) 38-30 3.14 119/112 0 613.1 528 594 194 .231 1.18 MLB CAREER (6 Years) 32-23 5.10 98/79 0 460.1 489 415 157 .273 1.40

2018: Split the 2018 season between the Phillies and Rangers, going 2-2 with a 6.75 ERA (42.2 IP, 50 H, 32ER, 26 BB, 31 K, 9 HR) in 16G/5GS… Made the Phillies Opening Day roster and posted a 1-1 record and 4.64 ERA (21.1 IP, 21 H, 11ER, 13 BB, 19 K, 4 HR) in 11G/0GS before being DFA/d 5/31... Outrighted on 6/4 and elected free agency...signed with the Dodgers on 6/16 and pitched in 9G/7GS at Triple-A OKC, going 4-1 with a 2.14 ERA (42.0 IP, 38 H, 10ER, 13 BB, 40 K)... Released on 7/31 and signed a MLB contract with Texas on 8/5 and was 1-1 with an 8.85 ERA (21.1 IP, 21ER) in 5G/5GS...

2017: Spent the entire season at Triple-A Indianapolis, going 9-9 with a 3.56 ERA (159.1 IP, 149 H, 69R/63ER, 57 BB, 124 K, 14HR) in 28G/26GS... Named an International League Mid-Season All-Star for the second consecutive year... Ranked 10th in the I.L. in ERA and tied for the lead in starts and innings pitched...

PERSONAL: Full name is Andrew Scott Hutchison...graduated from Lakeland Senior H.S. (FL) in 2009... Committed to play at Stetson University prior to signing with Toronto… Originally selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 15th round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft... Acquired by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Blue Jays in exchange for LHP Francisco Liriano, C Reese McGuire and OF Harold Ramirez on 8/1/16... 4/6/2016 at Yankee Stadium, became the youngest Opening Day starter (24 years, 227 days) in Blue Jays history, earning the win and yielding ER over 6.0 IP... Made first Opening Day roster in 2014: 11-13 record and a 4.48 ERA in 32G/32GS (184.2 IP, 173 H, 92ER, 60 BB, 184 K (7th, AL))… “Tommy John” surgery on his right elbow on 8/9/2012 (performed by Dr. James Andrews) and missed the remainder of the season...

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2018: Combined at Double-A Trenton and SS-A Staten Island to bat .206 with 17 HR and 44 RBI... Homered in 3 straight games from 4/6-4/8, first to do so since Gary Sanchez hit homers in 4 straight games (7/3-7/7, 2015)… Placed on DL on 7/7 with right knee soreness… Began Minor League Rehab assignment with Staten Island on 7/25, activated on 7/27, homered on first pitch he saw after activation on 7/28… Tied for third in the organization with 17 HR...

PERSONAL: Played two seasons (2013-14) at Hillsborough Community College (FL) before transferring to Florida Southern College for one season (2015)... Batted .430/.481/.899 with 53 R, 14 2B, 3 3B, 22 HR, 77 RBI and 16 BB in 46G at Florida Southern... Graduated in 2011 from Hillsborough H.S. (FL)... In his professional debut with short-season Single-A Staten Island, was named a 2015 NYPL Mid-Season All-Star... Ranked by Baseball America as the No. 10 prospect in the New York-Penn League following the 2015 season... 8/26/2017 vs. Richmond Flying Squirrels: Homered twice in the same inning (8th inning) as part of an 8-run frame to give the Thunder a 14-5 win, clinching the East Division title -- First Thunder player since Greg Blosser 9/3/1995 to hit 2 HR in an inning...

TOMMY KAHNLE | RHP R/R | 6'1” | 230 LBS | Opening Day Age: 29 | Latham, NY | Lynn University (FL) | Trade (Chicago, AL), 7/18/2017 | MLB Service: 3.131 | 2018 pitching statistics team w-l era g/gs sv ip h k bb baa whip New York Yankees (MLB) 2-0 6.56 24/0 1 23.1 23 30 15 .256 1.63 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) 2-2 4.01 25/0 1 24.2 23 37 11 .245 1.38 Charleston (A) 0-1 4.50 1/1 0 2.0 3 2 0 .375 1.50 2018 Totals 4-3 2.55 50/1 2 50.0 49 69 26 .252 1.50 MiLB CAREER (7 Years) 10-16 3.30 198/1 40 294.2 204 388 158 .192 1.23 MLB CAREER (5 Years) 6-7 3.89 212/0 4 215.1 179 253 111 .226 1.35

2018: Went 2-0 with a 6.56 ERA (23.1 IP, 17ER) in 24G/0GS over three stints with the Yankees (3/29-6/4, 8/3-4, 8/16-9/30)... In 25G/0GS with the RailRiders (including his rehab assignment), went 2-2 with SV, a 4.01 ERA (24.2 IP, 11ER) and 37 K (13.5 K/9)… Began season on New York Yankees Opening Day roster... Pitched 7.1 IP over his first 6G of the season from 3/30 - 4/12 before being placed on the DL (Right Shoulder and Right Biceps Tendonitis): 7.1 IP, 4 H, 7R/5ER (6.14 ERA), 8 BB, 9 K... Made rehab appearances 5/21 for Charleston Riverdogs @ Augusta Green Jackets (2.0 IP, 3 H, R/ER, 2 K) and 5/23 for SWB RailRiders @ Pawtucket Red Sox (Win -- 1.0 IP, 2 H, R/ER) before being returned to the Yankees... Made two more MLB appearances before being optioned to Triple-A when Adam Warren (Strained Lat) returned from the Disabled List...

2017: Combined with the Yankees and White Sox to go 2-4 with a 2.59 ERA (62.2 IP, 18ER) in 69G with a .228 BAA... In 32G with the Yankees, went 1-1 with a 2.70 ERA (26.2 IP, 8ER)... 8th among relievers (3rd in the AL) with a 13.79 K/9 ratio (96 K, 62.2 IP)...

PERSONAL: Acquired by the Yankees with INF Todd Frazier and RHP David Robertson from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for RHP Tyler Clippard, LHP Ian Clarkin and OFs Blake Rutherford and Tito Polo on July 18, 2017... Originally selected by the Yankees in the fifth round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft... Selected by Colorado in the Major League phase of the Rule 5 draft on 12/12/13... Traded to Chicago White Sox in exchange for RHP Yency Almonte on 11/24/15... Attended Lynn University (Boca Raton, FL) and was the highest-drafted player from there -- Part of the school’s NCAA Division II Championship team in 2009 as a freshman...

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2018: Played all 118G with the Trenton Thunder, batting .229 with 27 2B, 2 3B, 5 HR, 35 RBI with 11-of-17 SB... Had 62 BB with Double-A Trenton, second-most in the Eastern League...

PERSONAL: Graduated in 2013 from Rancho Bernardo H.S. (Calif.)...as a senior, was named the Palomar League’s “Player of the Year” after hitting .468 with 9HR and 31RBI... Ranked 4th among qualifying batters in the Appalachian League with a .426 OBP in 2015 and was named an Appalachian League Postseason All-Star... Ranked 2nd in the South Atlantic League in walks with 71 (.222 AVG, .345 OBP)... Named to the 2013 GCL Postseason All-Star Team with a .310 AVG in 50 G with 11 2B, 5 3B, 6 HR and 25 RBI... Led all NYY MiLB in AVG while being T-1st in the GCL in HR (6) and 2nd in SLG (.326) and extra-base hits (22)... Following the 2013 season, was tabbed by Baseball America as the No. 10 prospect in the Yankees organization..

2018: Pitched exclusively at Double-A Trenton, going 10-9 with a 3.74 ERA in 22G/21GS (125.0 IP, 120 H (.253 BAA), 114 K (8.2 K/9), 37 BB)... Recorded the third-most wins in the organization after going 10-9 with Double-A Trenton... Allowed first Double-A HR 5/24 after 42.0 IP… Placed on DL on 6/10, activated 6/21 (blister), missing one turn in the rotation… Retired final 15-of-17 players after allowing three-run home run to Cavan Biggio on 7/3 vs. New Hampshire… Made start in place of Dillon Tate on 7/24 (trade) against Hartford, throwing 5.2 shutout innings, followed that with a season-high 9 strikeouts over over 6.0 innings against Portland on 7/29 -- Named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for the week ending 7/29 (2-0, 0.77 ERA, 11.2 IP, 15 K)…

2017: Led all Yankees farmhands in strikeouts and ranked sixth in ERA... were the most strikeouts by a Yankees minor leaguer since 2007 (Alan Horne-165, Ian Kennedy-163)...tied for the Florida State League lead in complete games...was named the FSL “Pitcher of the Week” after tossing a complete-game shutout on 7/28 vs. Palm Beach (2H, 1BB)...2016: Allowed just 1R/0ER in 20.0IP (11H, 1BB, 23K) in seven GCL outings...

PERSONAL: Played four seasons at Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2013-16), setting school records as a senior with 10 wins, 103 K and 107.1 IP while winning the 2016 Horizon League Pitcher of the Year Award... Graduated in 2012 from Germantown H.S. (WI.), where he was named the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association State Player of the Year after going 11-0 with a 0.42 ERA as a senior...

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MICHAEL KING | RHP R/R | 6'3” | 210 LBS | Opening Day Age: 23 | Warwick, RI | Boston College | Trade (Miami), 11/20/2017 | MLB Service: 0.000 | 2018 pitching statistics team w-l era g/gs sv ip h k bb baa whip Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) 4-0 1.15 6/6 0 39.0 20 31 6 .147 0.67 Trenton (AA) 6-2 2.09 12/11 0 82.0 65 76 13 .220 0.95 Tampa (A+) 1-3 1.79 7/7 0 40.1 33 45 10 .219 1.07 2018 Totals 11-5 1.79 25/24 0 161.1 118 152 29 .202 0.91 MiLB CAREER (3 Years) 25-17 2.59 66/50 1 341.0 296 278 59 .234 1.04

2018: 2018: Combined to go 11-5 with a 1.79 ERA (161.1 IP, 118 H, 43R/32ER, 29 BB, 152 K) in 25G/24GS with Single-A Tampa (7G/7GS), Double-A Trenton (12G/11GS) and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (6G/6GS)... Ranked 2nd among all MiLB in ERA (min. 50.0 IP) and ranked 6th with his 5.24 K/BB (min. 100.0 IP)... Started the season with Single-A Tampa and was named a Florida State League Mid-Season All-Star after going 1-3 with a 1.79 ERA (40.1 IP, 8ER) -- FSL ranks at time of call-up 5/20: 1st in ERA (1.79), 4th in strikeouts (45), 5th in BAA (.219), 2nd in K/9 among SP (10.04)… Last 10G/10GS with the Trenton Thunder before promotion to Triple-A: 5-1, 1.64 ERA (14 ER/77 IP) -- All quality starts…Transferred to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 8/4 and went 4-0 with a 1.15 ERA (39.0 IP, 5ER) with 31 K with the RailRiders, earning the International Leauge’s August “Pitcher of the Month” honor... Following the season, named to Baseball America’s Minor League All-Star Second Team... Named an MiLB.com Organizational All-Star... Following the season, tabbed by Baseball America as the No. 5 prospect in the Yankees system and to have the organization’s “Best Control”...

PERSONAL: Acquired by the Yankees from the Miami Marlins along with 2017 - 2018 international signing bonus pool money in exchange for INF Garrett Cooper and LHP Caleb Smith on 11/20/17... Originally selected by the Miami Marlins in the 12th round of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft… In three seasons with the Boston College Eagles, went 11-11 with four saves and a 3.14 ERA (209.1 IP, 73ER) in 47G/27GS… His 3.14 career ERA ranks 2nd all-time at Boston College... Has the fifth-lowest ERA (2.59) among MiLB pitchers with at least 300.0 IP since 2016...

BRODY KOERNER | RHP R/R | 6'2” | 200 LBS | Opening Day Age: 25 | Concord, NC | Clemson University | 7th Round, 2015 MLB Draft | MLB Service: 0.000 | 2018 pitching statistics team w-l era g/gs sv ip h k bb baa whip Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) 1-3 5.65 9/5 0 36.2 40 20 9 .276 1.69 Trenton (AA) 1-1 3.33 12/2 1 27.0 26 21 9 .255 1.30 2018 Totals 2-4 4.66 21/7 0 63.2 66 41 18 .267 1.32 MiLB CAREER (4 Years) 17-9 3.30 65/30 8 234.1 231 166 59 .255 1.24

2018: Placed on RailRiders Opening Day roster... Earned relief win on 4/15 @ Charlotte, pitching 4.0 IP with 4 K... Transferred to Double-A Trenton 5/21 after 7G/4GS with SWB RailRiders: 1-2, 5.85 ERA, 32.1 IP, 32 H (.256 BAA), 8 BB (1.24 WHIP), 16 K (4.5 K/9)... Transferred back to Triple-A SWB RailRiders 7/1... Stint with Trenton (5/21 - 7/1): 7G/2GS, 1-0, 3.93 ERA, 18.1 IP, 19 H (.268 BAA), 6 BB (1.36 WHIP), 16 K (7.9 K/9)... Season ended when Gwinnett's Phil Gosselin lined a pitch off his forearm 7/29 in the top of the 8th inning...

2017: Combined with Single-A Tampa and Double-A Trenton to go 10-4 with a 3.52 ERA (107.1 IP, 116 H, 44 R (42 ER), 29 BB, 71 K, 9 HR) in 18 starts… Recorded a 24.0 inning scoreless streak from 6/21-7/9… Started the season with Tampa, going 4-1 with a 2.45 ERA (36.2 IP, 32 H, 12 R (10 ER), 9 BB, 26 K, 2 HR) in six starts… Promoted to Trenton on 7/3 and was named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week in his first week (7/3-9) after tossing 13.1 scoreless innings over two starts (13 H, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 HP)… Over 12 starts with Trenton, went 6-3 with a 4.08 ERA (70.2 IP 84 H, 32 ER, 20 BB, 45K, 7 HR)...

PERSONAL: Graduated from Clemson in 2015 with a degree in accounting and was a two-time ACC Academic Honor Roll member… Pitched three seasons for the Tigers (2013-15) and was 5-7 with a 7.00 ERA (97.2 IP, 76 ER) in 31G/19GS… Graduated in 2012 from Jay M. Robinson H.S. (N.C.), where he lettered three years in baseball, three in basketball and one in football… A two-time All-State baseball selection....

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BRADY LAIL | RHP R/R | 6'2” | 205 LBS | Opening Day Age: 25 | South Jordan, UT | Bingham H.S. (UT) | 18th Round, 2012 MLB Draft | MLB Service: 0.000 | 2018 pitching statistics team w-l era g/gs sv ip h k bb baa whip Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) 4-6 5.36 27/0 0 43.2 43 46 28 .259 1.63 Trenton (AA) 1-0 5.59 10/0 0 19.1 22 20 8 .297 1.55 2018 Totals 5-6 5.43 37/0 0 63.0 65 66 36 .271 1.60 MiLB CAREER (7 Years) 47-31 3.98 161/111 2 691.2 687 508 203 .259 1.29

2018: Placed on RailRiders Opening Day roster... Combined to go 5-6 with a 5.43 ERA (63.0IP, 65H, 40R/38ER, 36BB, 66K, 8HR) in 37 games with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and Double-A Trenton...pitched in four postseason games for the RailRiders: 0-1 with a 2.57 ERA (7.0 IP, 7 H, 2ER, 9 K)... First 11G/0GS of the season through 5/17 vs. Lehigh Valley: 21.0 IP, 12 H (12-for-64, .188 BAA), 4R/4ER (1.71 ERA), 14 BB (6.0 BB/9), 24 K (10.3 K/9) --> Next 13G/0GS from 5/21 - 8/26: 19.1 IP, 31 H (29-for-96, .302 BAA), 24R/22ER (10.42 ERA), 14 BB (6.5 BB/9), 19 K (8.8 K/9)... Spent time on the Trenton Thunder roster 6/29 - 7/30 and 8/11 - 8/16: 10G/0GS, 19.1 IP, 22 H (.297 BAA), 12R/12ER (5.59 ERA), 8 BB (1.55 WHIP), 20 K...

2017: Combined at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and Double-A Trenton to go 7-5 with two saves and a 4.90 ERA (145.0 IP, 151 H, 83R/79ER, 46 BB, 100 K, 19 HR) in 28G/24GS… Spent the majority of the season with SWB: 6-5, 5.17 ERA, 2 SV (132.1 IP, 139 H, 80 R (76ER), 42 BB, 94 K, 19 HR) in 26G/22GS…

PERSONAL: Selected by the New York Yankees in the 18th Round by the of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft from Bingham H.S. (UT)... Originally committed to play for University of Arizona one month after they won the 2012 College World Series, but the Yankees drafted him in the 18th Round and offered him a $225,000 signing bonus… Grew up watching the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees in-person because the town baseball leagues he was in growing up always had ticket fundraisers… Watched his older brother, Ben (8 years older), pitch growing up before Ben went to junior college in Idaho and was injured before ever getting to D-I/MLB Draft… His brother’s injury was a contributing factor to why he passed on college baseball to begin his professional career immediately…

RYAN LAVARNWAY | C R/R | 6'4” | 240 LBS | Opening Day Age: 31 | Burbank, CA | Yale University | MiLB Free Agent, 11/7/2018 | MLB Service: 3.001 | 2018 batting statistics (with pittsburgh) team g avg h r 2b 3b hr rbi sb cs Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB) 6 .667 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Indianapolis (AAA) 77 .288 76 29 23 1 9 33 0 0 2018 Totals 83 .296 80 30 24 1 9 34 0 0 MiLB CAREER (11 Years) 833 .277 833 443 188 3 115 497 5 6 MLB CAREER (7 Years) 146 .208 81 31 25 0 7 43 0 0

2018: Hit .667 (4-for-6) with 2B, R, RBI in 6G with Pittsburgh... Spent the majority of the season with Triple-A Indianapolis and hit .288 (76-for-264) with 29 R, 23 2B, 3B, 9 HR and 33 RBI in 78G... Selected to the MLB roster on 9/4... Prior to the season, signed a minor- league contract with Pittsburgh 1/22... Attended Major League Spring Training as a non-roster invitee and hit .250 (6-for-24) with 3 R, 2B, 2 HR and 6 RBI in 17G...

PERSONAL: Graduated from El Camino Real H.S. (CA) in 2005... Attended Yale University and majored in philosophy... Named to the Second-Team All-Ivy, and was a semifinalist for the Johnny Bench Award and Golden Spikes Award as a junior after leading the Ivy League with 13 HR, 42 RBI, 29 BB (.541 OBP)... Left Yale as the Ivy League’s all-time home run leader with 33 HR… 2011 & 2012 International League Mid- Season and Post-Season All-Star... Ranked as No. 9 prospect in Boston Red Sox system by Baseball America following 2011 season… First career start at catcher on 9/27/2012 @ BAL, recorded a multi-home run game (2-for-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI) -- third catcher to record a multi-home run game in his first career start behind the plate in Baseball history… Originally drafted by the Red Sox in the sixth round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft... Played in 146G over parts of seven seasons in the MLB with the Red Sox (2011-2014), Orioles (2015), Braves (2015), Athletics (2017) and Pirates (2018), hitting .208 (81-for-390) with 31 R, 25 2B, 7 HR and 43 RBI... Primarily played at catcher in the Majors (93G/74GS), but has also seen time at 1B (7G/2GS) and DH (28GS)... Caught 14-of-77 potential base stealers (18.2%) in the Majors...

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2018: Spent the entire season with Double-A Richmond and hit .240 with 47 R, 12 2B, 5 3B, 4 HR, 30 RBI and 21 SB in 123G (94GS)... Played in CF (58GS), RF (25GS), LF (10GS) and at 2B (1GS) and 3B (1GS)... Ranked 5th among San Francisco MiLB with 21 SB... Signed by San Francisco to a minor-league contract on 1/29/18...

2017: Combined with Triple-A Round Rock (1G), Double-A Frisco (33G) and Single-A Down East (83G) to hit .241 with 61 R, 20 2B, 5 3B, 9 HR, 50 RBI and 25 SB in 117G... Saw time in CF (79GS), LF (11GS), RF (7GS), 2B (9GS) and 3B (1GS)... Carolina League’s “Player of the Month” for July: .336 (38-for-113) with 17 R, 10 2B, 2 3B, 5 HR, 23 RBI and 4 SB in 28G... Signed by Texas to a minor-league contract on 1/6/17...

PERSONAL: Has played in 9 MiLB seasons in the Atlanta Braves (2010-16), Texas Rangers (2017) and Giants (2018) organizations, batting .248 with 27 HR, 255 RBI, and 186 SB in 868G... Has a career 74.4% stolen base success rate entering 2019 season (186-for-250)... has 20 SB-or-more in 5-of-9 seasons and 15 SB in 7-of-9 seasons... Originally selected by Atlanta in the first round (35th overall) of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft -- 1 pick after RHP Aaron Sanchez (TOR) and 3 picks ahead of RHP Noah Syndergaard (TOR)... Prior to signing with Atlanta, had committed to playing baseball collegiately at The University of Alabama... Also played football at McKinney (TX) H.S., earning All-State honors twice... Named by Baseball America as Atlanta’s “Fastest Baserunner” and “Best Athlete” following 2011, 2012 and 2013 seasons…

JONATHAN LOÁISIGA | LHP R/R | 5'11” | 165 LBS | Opening Day Age: 24 | Managua, Nicaragua | Minor League Free Agent, 1/11/2019 | MLB Service: 0.047 | 2018 pitching statistics team w-l era g/gs sv ip h k bb baa whip New York Yankees (MLB) 2-0 5.11 9/4 0 24.2 26 33 12 .271 1.54 Trenton (AA) 3-1 3.93 9/9 0 34.1 37 40 6 .278 1.25 Tampa (A+) 3-0 1.35 4/4 0 20.0 19 26 1 .244 1.00 GCL Yankees West (R) 0-0 0.00 1/1 0 1.2 1 1 1 .167 1.20 2018 Totals 8-1 3.57 23/18 0 80.2 83 100 20 .267 1.24 MiLB CAREER (4 Years) 15-3 2.59 39/39 0 159.2 136 142 28 .230 1.03 MLB CAREER (1 Year) 2-0 5.11 9/4 0 24.2 26 33 12 .271 1.54

2018: Went 2-0 with a 5.11 ERA (24.2 IP, 26 H (.271 BAA), 17R/14ER, 12 BB, 33 K) in 9G/4GS over two stints with the Yankees... Was 2-0 with a 3.00 ERA (18.0 IP, 6ER) in his 4GS... Became the first Nicaragua-born player in Yankees history and the 15th Nicaraguan player (11th pitcher) in Baseball history when he made his MLB debut 6/15 vs. Tampa Bay: 5.0 shutout IP (3 H, 4 BB, 6 K) to earn the win… Became the 8th SP in Yankees history to toss at least 5.0 scoreless innings in his Major League debut, just the second since 1943: Sam Militello (7.0 IP), 8/9/92 vs. Boston... Recalled from Double-A Trenton prior to the game, and per Elias, was the first player to make his Major League debut with the Yankees (excluding Masahiro Tanaka) without having ever appeared at the Triple-A level since INF Ramiro Peña 4/6/09 at Baltimore/first pitcher to do so since LHP Chase Wright 4/17/07 vs. Cleveland… On 6/25 at Philadelphia, took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and earned his second win (5.1 IP, H, 0 R, 2 BB, 8 K)… Com-bined with Single-A Tampa, Double-A Trenton and the GCL Yankees West to go 6-1 with a 2.89 ERA (56.0 IP, 57 H, 18 ER, 8 BB, 67 K) in 14GS in MiLB... Had two stints on the MiLB DL… Following the season, was tabbed by Baseball America as the No. 2 prospect in the Yankees organization and named by MLB.com as the No. 66 overall prospect…

PERSONAL: Signed by the Yankees as a minor league free agent on 2/9/2016 and added to the Yankees’ 40-man roster 11/20/2017… Spent the entire 2014 season on the MiLB DL and did not pitch, and still hadn’t pitched when he was released by the Giants 5/28/2015…

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2018: Placed on RailRiders Opening Day roster... Hit .302 between Trenton and SWB (2nd, NYY MiLB)... Hit .295 with the RailRiders (5th, I.L.)... Named by MiLB.com as an Organizational All-Star at utility… Transferred to Trenton 6/1 where he spent 5G before being transferred back to Triple-A SWB 6/8: 8-for-21 (.381 AVG), 2B, 3B, HR, 5 RBI, BB, 4 K... Matched a RailRiders season-high with 5 RBI in a game 6/11 vs. Rochester: 3-for-4, HR, 5 RBI, 2 R... Set a RailRiders season-high with 5H in a game 6/15 @ Syracuse: 5-for-6, 2B, HR, 2 R, 4 RBI... Placed on the 7-Day DL from 8/15 - 8/22 (back)...

2017: Combined with Double-A New Hampshire and Double-A Trenton to hit .247/.323/.395 (120-for-486) with 56 R, 24 2B, 16 HR and 70 RBI in 134G… Acquired by the Yankees on 7/23 in a trade that sent INF/OF Rob Refsnyder to Toronto… Assigned to Trenton following the trade, where he batted .257 with 11 R, 5 2B, 4 HR and 16 RBI in 38G… First 12G after trade: 15-for-44 (.341 AVG), 3 HR...

PERSONAL: Played four seasons at West Virginia (2010-14), departing with his name among the school’s top-10 leaders in hits, 2B, HR and RBI… Named to the Golden Spikes Award watch list as a senior in 2014, the ABCA/Rawlings All-East Region First Team and the All-Big-12 Conference Second Team… Graduated from Courtland H.S. (VA) in 2010… Pocket QB in high school and had the opportunity to play non-DI football after high school... Selected by Kansas City in the 36th round of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft but did not sign... Acquired by the Yankees from the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for INF/OF Rob Refsnyder...

2018: Pitched exclusively with the Double-A Trenton Thunder, going 2-0 with a 5.19 ERA in 9G/0GS... Selected in Rule V draft by Baltimore Orioles, returned to NYY on 3/28 after not making the Orioles Opening Day Roster… Placed on DL on 5/19 (Elbow) and missed the rest of season...

2017: Transferred from High-A Tampa 5/21 when RHP Eric Ruth was transferred to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre… In 8G with Tampa prior to initial promotion: 1.72 ERA (3R/3ER in 15.2 IP), 6 H (6-for-55, .109 BAA), 24 K (13.8 K/9)… Only runs came on 3R HR allowed to Zac Shepherd April 22nd @ Lakeland… 21-of-first-23G of season with Tampa: 1-1, 2.72 ERA, 49.2 IP, 33 H (.188 BAA), 62 K (11.2 K/9), 15 BB (0.97 WHIP)…

PERSONAL: Originally selected by the Yankees in the 24th round of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft... Graduated from Charles Flanagan H.S. (FL)… As a senior, went 9-2 with a 1.13 ERA and 134 K in 80.1 IP… Also threw two no-hitters… Father is former Major League pitcher Jose Mesa, who recorded 321 saves in 19 seasons with eight teams and made two AL All-Star teams…

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JAMES REEVES | LHP R/L | 6'3” | 200 LBS | Opening Day Age: 25 | Summerville, SC | The Citadel | 10th Round, 2015 MLB Draft | MLB Service: 0.000 | 2018 pitching statistics team w-l era g/gs sv ip h k bb baa whip Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) 0-0 5.40 1/0 0 1.2 1 1 3 .200 2.40 Trenton (AA) 2-2 2.80 32/0 2 54.2 32 71 31 .166 1.15 2018 Totals 2-2 2.88 33/0 2 56.1 33 72 34 .167 1.19 MiLB CAREER (4 Years) 13-5 2.43 104/12 8 226.0 159 267 85 .197 1.08

2018: Combined with Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to go 2-2 with a 2.88 ERA over 33G/0GS and 56.1 IP with 72 K (11.5 K/9), 34 BB (5.4 BB/9) and 33 H (.167 BAA)... Began the season with the Trenton Thunder (AA) before promotion to SWB RailRiders (AAA) 7/30 following the trade of LHP Caleb Frare to the Chicago White Sox... In 26G/0GS with the Thunder: 2-1, 2.35 ERA (14R/12ER in 46.0 IP), 25 H (.153 BAA), 24 BB (4.7 BB/9) and 66 K (12.9 K/9) and was named Eastern League Midseason All-Star... Triple-A debut listed as 6/24 @ Rochester, but it came 7/30 @ Rochester in the 8th & 9th inning of a resumed suspended game...

2017: Transferred from High-A Tampa 8/12… Didn’t appear in a game until 5/20 (Left Elbow), and allowed 5R/5ER on 6 H in 1.0 IP vs. Daytona… Over Final 19G/0GS with Tampa before promotion: 34.2 IP, 28 H (28-for-129, .217 BAA), 9R/5ER (1.30 ERA)…

2016: Combined with Single-A Charleston, Single-A Tampa and Double-A Trenton to go 6-2 with 1 SV and a 2.22 ERA (97.1 IP, 59 H, 27R/24ER, 30 BB, 117 K (10.8 K/9)) in 32G/12GS… His .175 (59-for-338) BAA was 4th in all of MiLB (min. 75.0IP)…

PERSONAL: Graduated from The Citadel and played four seasons for the Bulldogs… 2015 Southern Conference Pitcher of the Year and a Louisville Slugger All-America Third Team selection… Recorded 14 strikeouts and threw a no-hitter vs. Mercer on 4/2/15, earning National “Player of the Week” honors…

ADONIS ROSA | RHP R/R | 6'1” | 180 LBS | Opening Day Age: 24 | Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic | International Free Agent, 12/19/2013 | MLB Service: 0.000 | 2018 pitching statistics team w-l era g/gs sv ip h k bb baa whip Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) 1-0 5.59 10/0 0 19.1 22 20 8 .297 1.55 Trenton (AA) 0-2 4.63 2/2 0 11.2 12 5 0 .255 1.03 Tampa (A+) 12-3 3.84 20/15 1 96.0 100 89 29 .268 1.34 2018 Totals 14-6 3.93 26/21 1 128.1 135 108 36 .267 1.33 MiLB CAREER (5 Years) 34-17 3.15 89/61 4 412.0 391 356 84 .250 1.15

2018: : Led all Yankees farmhands with 14 wins... Posted 12 wins with Single-A Tampa, which was 2nd in the Florida State League... Named a FSL Mid-Season All-Star... Transferred from Double-A Trenton 8/18 prior to making his season-debut for the RailRiders in Game Two of a doubleheader against the Norfolk Tides... Previous 2G/2GS before the promotion to SWB came with the Trenton Thunder: 11.2 IP, 12 H, 7R/6ER (4.63 ERA), 0 BB, 5 K... Those two starts were his first two career appearances in Double-A despite having made two starts in 2017 with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre... First 20G/15GS of the season with High-A Tampa: 12-3, 3.84 ERA (48R/41ER in 96.0 IP), 100 H (.268 BAA), 29 BB, 89 K... Back-to-back appearances with Tampa 5/6 & 5/12 in which he went a combined 9.0 IP, 2 H (2-for-27, .074 BAA), R/ER (HR), BB, 7 K... Following the season, threw to a rehabbing Aaron Judge in a sim game on 9/17 at Yankee Stadium...

2017: Pitched primarily for Single-A Charleston, where he was 4-3 with two saves and a 3.04 ERA (83.0 IP, 77 H, 35R/28ER, 14 BB, 79 K) in 21G/8GS… Promoted to Single-A Tampa on 8/8 and won all three starts while posting a 4.32 ERA (16.2 IP, 15 H, 8R/8ER, 4 BB, 16 K)… Also made two spot starts for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on 6/17 (Game 2) @ Buffalo (Win -- 6.0 IP, 6 H, 0R, 4 K) and 7/18 (Game 2) vs. Norfolk (ND -- 6.0 IP, 3 H, 2R/2ER, BB, 3 K, HR)… Overall, was 8-3 with two saves and a 3.06 ERA (111.2 IP, 101 H (.240 BAA), 45R/38ER, 19 BB, 102 K, 10 HR) in 26G/13GS…

PERSONAL: Ended the 2016 season with a 19.0-inning scoreless streak (8/16-9/1) to lower ERA with Single-A Charleston from 4.85 to .286... Led the Appalachian League in wins in 2015, going 7-2 (3.93 ERA)...

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2018: In 47G with Double-A Trenton, hit .237 (36-for-152) with 20 R, 4 2B, 5 HR and 19 RBI... Threw out 14- of-56 attempted base stealers (25.0%)... Placed on 7-Day DL on 4/10 (retro. to 4/8) with an injured left hand, activated on 4/17 (7G)… Placed on 7-Day DL with an injured right hand on 4/26… Activated on 6/15… Placed on DL on 7/13 with mild concussion-like symptoms, activated on 7/20… Hit 2 HR as part of 3-for-4 day 8/12 @ Harrisburg, was 4th career multi-HR game and 2nd against Harrisburg (5/2/17)…

2017: Spent most of the season with Double-A Trenton, batting .249/.350/.423 with 32 R, 8 2B, 9 HR, 34 RBI and 33 BB in 67G... Threw out 30-of-70 attempted base stealers (42.9%), the second-most runners caught stealing in the Eastern League and third-highest caught stealing pct. (min. 50 att.)... Also went 2-for-9 (.222) with 2 RBI in 2G with Single-A Tampa...

PERSONAL: Originally selected by the Blue Jays in the 32nd round of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft... Selected by the Yankees from Toronto in the first round of the Triple-A phase of the Rule 5 Draft 12/8/16... Attended Miami Dade College (FL) before transferring to Lee University (TN)... 2012 Southern States Athletic Conference Tournament MVP...helped lead the Flames to the NAIA World Series…

DAVID SOSEBEE | RHP R/R | 6'2” | 220 LBS | Opening Day Age: 25 | Gainesville, GA | University of Georgia | 28th Round, 2015 MLB Draft | MLB Service: 0.000 | 2018 pitching statistics team w-l era g/gs sv ip h k bb baa whip Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) 0-0 1.59 4/0 0 5.2 5 6 3 .227 1.41 Trenton (AA) 4-2 3.66 20/0 1 32.0 35 39 13 .282 1.50 Tampa (A+) 4-2 0.72 18/0 5 25.0 11 30 8 .133 0.76 2018 Totals 8-4 2.30 42/0 6 62.2 51 75 24 .223 1.20 MiLB CAREER (4 Years) 13-13 2.39 123/0 22 210.2 184 230 70 .238 1.21

2018: Transferred to SWB RailRiders for second time on the season 8/22 when RHP J.P. Feyereisen was placed on 7-Day DL... Transferred to Triple-A SWB 8/2 @ Rochester and Immediately made debut, entering in back of Justus Sheffield B6 and stranding the bases loaded to preserve a 5-1 lead -- transferred back to Trenton Thunder following the game... In Double-A Trenton, appeared in 20G/0GS: 2-2, 3.66 ERA, 1-for-2 SV, 32.0 IP, 35 H (.282 BAA), 19R/13ER, 13 BB, 39 K (10.97 K/9)... Had been transferred from High-A Tampa 6/1... With the Tampa Tarpons: 18G/0GS: 4-2, 0.72 ERA, 5-for-6 SV, 25.0 IP, 11 H (.133 BAA), 6R/2ER, 8 BB, 30 K (10.8 K/9) and was named Florida State League Midseason All-Star...

2017: Spent most of the season with Single-A Charleston, registering a 2-3 record, 13 SV and a 2.20 ERA (65.1 IP, 50 H, 16ER/16R, 15 BB, 76 K) in 35G/0GS… Made one scoreless appearance (1.0 IP, H, K) with Single-A Tampa on 8/13 vs. St. Lucie… Finished the year with Double-A Trenton, posting a 6.35 ERA (5.2 IP, 12 H, 4ER/4R, 2 BB, 7 K) in 3G/0GS… Overall, was 2-3 with 14 saves (T-2nd, NYY MiLB) and a 2.50 ERA (72.0 IP, 63 H, 20ER/20R, 17 BB, 84 K (10.5 K/9)) in 39G/0GS…

2016: Combined at Single-A Charleston and short-season Single-A Staten Island to go 2-4 with 2 SV and a 2.41 ERA (41.0 IP, 41 H, 16R/11ER, 18 BB, 34 K) in 29G…

PERSONAL: Played three seasons at University of Georgia (2013-15)… Selected by Boston in the 48th round of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft but did not sign... Graduated from White County H.S. (GA), where he was named Region 8-AAA Pitcher of the Year as a senior...

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TREVOR STEPHAN | RHP R/R | 6'5” | 225 LBS | Opening Day Age: 23 | Magnolia, TX | University of Arkansas | 3rd Round, 2017 MLB Draft | MLB Service: 0.000 | 2018 pitching statistics team w-l era g/gs sv ip h k bb baa whip Trenton (AA) 3-8 4.54 17/17 0 83.1 80 91 29 .253 1.31 Tampa (A+) 3-1 1.98 7/7 0 41.0 23 49 9 .160 0.78 2018 Totals 6-9 3.69 24/24 0 124.1 103 140 38 .224 1.13 MiLB CAREER (2 Years) 7-10 3.18 35/34 0 158.2 123 184 44 .212 1.05

2018: Combined between Double-A Trenton and High-A Tampa to go 6-9 with a 3.69 ERA in 24G/24GS (103 H (.224 BAA), 140 K (3rd, NYY MiLB), 38 BB)... Began the season, making the first 7GS of his year with the Tampa Tarpons before being transferred to Double-A Trenton 5/22... Went 6.0+ IP in 4-of-7 GS with Tampa --> only 1-of-17GS with Trenton... Named a Florida State League Mid-Season All-Star...

PERSONAL: Played one season at Arkansas (2017), going 6-3 with a 2.87 ERA (91.0 IP, 73 H, 35R/29ER, 20 BB, 120 K) in 16G/16GS... Had the third-highest single-season strikeout total in Razorbacks history... Pitched two seasons at Hill College (TX), earning NTJCAC All-Conference First Team honors as a sophomore in 2016... Graduated from Magnolia West H.S. (TX) in 2014... Selected by Boston in the 18th round of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft but did not sign...

STEPHEN TARPLEY | LHP R/R | 6'1” | 220 LBS | Opening Day Age: 26 | Los Angeles, CA | Scottsdale Community College | Trade (Pittsburgh), 8/30/2016 | MLB Service: 0.030 | 2018 pitching statistics team w-l era g/gs sv ip h k bb baa whip New York Yankees (MLB) 0-0 3.00 10/0 0 9.0 6 13 6 .176 1.33 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) 2-2 2.65 17/0 0 34.0 23 38 11 .192 1.00 Trenton (AA) 5-0 1.26 19/0 2 35.2 18 33 15 .145 0.93 2018 Totals 7-2 2.06 46/0 2 78.2 47 84 32 .169 1.00 MiLB CAREER (6 Years) 34-17 2.92 115/60 2 419.0 356 396 135 .231 1.17 MLB CAREER (1 Year) 0-0 3.00 10/0 0 9.0 6 13 6 .176 1.33

2018: Made his MLB debut: 10G/0GS with the Yankees with a 3.00 ERA (9.0 IP, 3ER) and .176 BAA... Signed to an MLB contract and selected to the Yankees’ active roster from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes- Barre 9/1... Did not allow a run over his final nine appearances (8.0 IP, 12K) and did not allow a hit over his final six appearances (5.0 IP, 3 BB, 10 K), holding batters 0-for-16... Combined with Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to go 7-2 with two saves and a 1.94 ERA (69.2IP, 15ER) in 36 games... Transferred to Triple-A SWB 6/29 when RHP Brady Lail transferred to Double-A Trenton... 19G/0GS to begin season with Trenton: 35.2 IP, 18 H (.145 BAA), 7R/5ER (1.26 ERA), 33 K... Had not allowed an earned run since 5/17 vs. Bowie, 18.2 scoreless IP leading up to promotion -- over his final 14G: ER in 28.0 IP (0.32 ERA)…

2017: Transferred to Thunder from High-A Tampa 8/18… First 14G/0GS of season with Tampa Yankees: 30.2 IP, 8 H (.082 BAA), 16 BB (0.78 WHIP), 36 K (10.6 K/9)…Hadn’t allowed a run in the first 33.0 IP of the season (and only 8H… 8-for-104, .077 BAA) before 8/25 vs. Richmond: 3.0 IP, 4H, R/ER…

PERSONAL: Played one year at USC before transferring to Scottsdale Community College… Helped Scottsdale reach the 2013 NJCAA II World Series, going 3-2 with a 2.35 ERA and 108 K in 16G/15GS… Acquired by NYY on 8/30/2016 as a player to be named later along with OF Tito Polo in 8/1/16 trade that sent RHP Ivan Nova to Pittsburgh… Acquired by Pittsburgh from Baltimore along with a player to be named (LHP Steven Brault on 2/20/15) in exchange for OF Travis Snider on 1/27/15… Selected by Baltimore in the 3rd round of the 2013 Draft and signed… Originally selected by Cleveland in the 8th round of the 2011 Draft but did not sign…

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GIOVANNY URSHELA | INF R/R | 6'0” | 215 LBS | Opening Day Age: 27 | Cartagena, Colombia | Trade (Toronto), 8/4/2018 | MLB Service: 1.127 | 2018 batting statistics (with nyy, cle & tor) team g avg h r 2b 3b hr rbi sb cs Toronto Blue Jays (MLB) 19 .233 10 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 Buffalo (AAA) 24 .244 21 7 3 0 0 5 0 0 Columbus (AAA) 11 .324 12 6 4 0 0 7 0 0 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) 27 .307 31 14 7 2 2 12 0 0 2018 Totals 81 .277 74 34 15 2 3 27 0 0 MiLB CAREER (10 Years) 878 .270 911 396 186 17 72 426 16 10 MLB CAREER (3 Years) 167 .225 105 46 16 1 8 39 0 1

2018: Combined across three organizations to appear in 81G and bat .277... Acquired by the New York Yankees in a trade from the Toronto Blue Jays 8/4... Changed clubhouses at PNC Field at 4:00 p.m. before a 5:00 p.m. doubleheader -- DNP In Game 1 but was 0-for-4 at 3B in Game 2... First 11G of the season with the Columbus Clippers (CLE, Triple-A): .324 AVG (12-for-37), 4 2B, 7 RBI, 5 BB (.405 OBP)... After being designated for assignment May 4, traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later... Spent 24G with Triple-A Buffalo and 19G with the Toronto Blue Jays... In his 19G in the MLB: 10-for-43 (.233 AVG), 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB (.283 OBP)... Homered May 19 vs. Oakland in a 5-4 loss (2R HR in the 5th inning off Sean Manaea)... Final 14G with Buffalo before the trade -- 5-for-47 (.106 AVG)... Hit first MiLB home run of season on 8/10 @ Durham off RHP Chih-Wei Hu (Tied the game 1-1 T3)...

2017: Appeared in 67G for Cleveland, batting .224 with H, 15 RBI and 8 BB... Played all four spots on the infield for Indians... Batted .266 for Columbus over 76G with 6 HR and 34 RBI...

PERSONAL: Signed by Cleveland as a non-drafted free agent on July 2, 2008... Made MLB debut on June 9, 2015 vs. Seattle and collected his first hit (Tom Wilhelmsen) and first home run (Vidal Nuno) on 6/11 vs. Seattle (2-4, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI)... Made his Triple-A debut in 2014 as a 22-year old for the Columbus Clippers --> 330 career games with the Clippers before being traded to the Toronto Blue Jays 5/4/18: .274 AVG (350-for-1,278) career average over parts of five seasons... Has a son, Thiago...

LUKE VOIT | INF R/R | 6'3” | 255 LBS | Opening Day Age: 26 | Wildwood, MO | Missouri State University | Trade (St. Louis), 7/28/2018 | MLB Service: 0.169 | 2018 batting statistics (with nyy and stl) team g avg h r 2b 3b hr rbi sb cs New York Yankees (MLB) 39 .333 44 28 5 0 14 33 0 0 St. Louis Cardinals (MLB) 8 .182 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) 9 .310 9 2 2 0 1 3 0 0 Memphis (AAA) 67 .299 70 35 16 2 9 36 0 1 Springfield (AA) 2 .333 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2018 Totals 128 .308 127 68 23 2 26 76 0 1 MiLB CAREER (6 Years) 555 .288 571 266 107 18 65 232 6 5 MLB CAREER (2 Years) 109 .288 74 48 14 0 19 54 0 0

2018: Acquired in a trade with the St. Louis Cardinals July 29 along with future considerations in exchange for LHP Chasen Shreve and RHP Giovanny Gallegos... Combined with STL/NYY to hit .322/.398/.671 with 30 R, 5 2B, 15 HR and 36 RBI in 47G... Led all AL hitters (min. 50 AB) with a 9.43AB/HR ratio (132 AB, 14 HR) -- next best was Oakland’s Khris Davis (12.00)... Hit an AL-high 14 HR in 32G from 8/24 through the end of the season, trailing only Milwaukee’s Christian Yelich (15 HR) in that time… His 2R HR in 9/20 loss vs. Boston was the Yankees’ 246th homer of the year, surpassing the previous club record set in 2012… Named AL “Player of the Week” for 9/24-9/30: .458/.519/.958 (11-for-24) with 3 2B, 3 HR and 8 RBI… Third Yankee since 1908 with at least 2 RBI in each of his first two career postseason games: Ben Chapman and Bill Dickey, each in Games 1 and 2 of the 1932 World Series vs. Cubs… Hit for the cycle with Memphis over two days 6/30 - 7/1 in a suspended game effort, capped with a home run in the 9th inning (Just his 18th career 3B in the game)... In 69G with Memphis (67G) and Springfield (2G) before trade from Cardinals: .300 AVG, 16 2B, 2 3B, 10 HR, 37 RBI 32 BB (.392 OBP)...

PERSONAL: Full name is Louis Linwood Voit... Originally a 22nd Round selection by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2013 Draft as a catcher out of Missouri State, and was part of the 2012 team that qualified for the NCAA Regionals... Originally drafted as a catcher and started 43G at catcher in the NYPL in 2013 before being converted to an infielder... Has been named an MiLB.com Organizational All-Star in 2015, 2016 and 2017... Named a midseason All-Star in 2015 with the Palm Beach Cardinals (A+), and both a midseason and postseason All-Star in 2016 with the Springfield Cardinals (AA)... Graduated from Lafayette H.S. (MO) which was also attended by Major Leaguers David Freese and Ryan Howard...

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TYLER WADE | INF/OF R/R | 6'1” | 190 LBS | Opening Day Age: 24 | Murrieta, CA | Murrieta Valley H.S. (CA) | 4th Round, 2013 MLB Draft | MLB Service: 1.007 | 2018 batting statistics team g avg h r 2b 3b hr rbi sb cs New York Yankees (MLB) 36 .167 11 8 4 0 1 5 1 0 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) 91 .255 93 46 18 4 4 27 11 8 2018 Totals 127 .242 104 54 22 4 5 32 12 8 MiLB CAREER (6 Years) 615 .272 644 375 105 26 20 180 130 51 MLB CAREER (2 Years) 66 .161 20 15 8 0 1 7 2 1

2018: Hit .167 (11-for-66) with 8 R, 4 2B, HR, 5 RBI and SB in 36G over four stints with the Yankees… Made his first career Opening Day roster at age 23 years, 126 days -- youngest position player to make a Yankees O.D. roster since Melky Cabrera in 2007 (age 22 years, 234 days)… Batted .086 (3-for-35) with 4 RBI in 13G in his first stint with NYY to begin the season before being transferred to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on 4/22...... In 91G with Triple-A Scranton/WB, hit .255 with 46 R, 18 2B, 4 3B, 4 HR, 27 RBI, 37 BB and 11 SB... Saw time at SS (48GS), LF (12GS), 2B (10GS), CF (10GS), RF (8GS) and 3B (2GS)… Placed on the Yankees’ AL Wild Card Game roster, but did not play… While with SWB, bunted home game-winning run in 5/17 11-inning win vs. Lehigh Valley for walk-off win... From July 6 - August 2 spent only one day with the RailRiders (July 26) and during that stretch with the Yankees: 12G, 8-for-24 (.333 AVG), 2 2B, HR, RBI, 5 R, BB -- First MLB HR 7/11 @ Baltimore in 9-0 W --> Solo HR leading off th6 Inning against Mike Wright Jr. to extend lead to 6-0...

2017: In 30G over three stints with the Yankees, hit .155 (9-for-58) with 7 R, 4 2B and 2 RBI... Made his MLB debut in 6/27 loss at Chicago-AL, pinch-hitting for Rob Refsnyder in the eighth and remaining in the game in LF... Collected his first MLB hit with a 6th-inning 2B off Jake Petricka in 6/28 @ Chicago... Member of the Yankees AL Wild Card Game roster, but did not play... In 85 G with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, hit .310/.382/460 with 68 R, 22 2B, 4 3B, 7 HR, 31 RBI and 26-for-31 SB (83.9%) -- Won the I.L. batting title... Finished 3rd in the IL in SB and 2nd in OBP (.382 -- Rhys Hoskins, LHV, .385 OBP)...

PERSONAL: Graduated in 2013 from Murrieta Valley H.S. (CA), where he hit .524 as a senior...

2018: Combined between Trenton and SWB to bat .270 (7th, NYY MiLB) in 119G with 14 HR and 63 RBI... Placed on RailRiders Opening Day roster... Pinch-hit, walk-off 2R HR 6/20 vs. Lehigh Valley -- Entered for Bruce Caldwell after a two-out walk to Kyle Higashioka... Spent time with the Trenton Thunder from 5/23 - 6/19 and 7/12 - 7/27: 32G, .293 AVG (34-for-116), 6 2B, 3 3B, 4 HR, 21 RBI, 17 BB (.385 OBP)...

2017: Spent the entire season with Double-A Trenton and hit .260 with 63 R, 23 2B, 4 3B, 11 HR, 68 RBI (5th, NYY MiLB), 64 BB (5th, Eastern League) and 8 SB in 128G… Named to the Eastern League Mid-Season All-Star Team: Added to the roster when INF Mike Ford was promoted to Triple-A SWB -- Went 2-for-3, R, 2 RBI (2R 1B gave East Division 3-1 lead in the top of the 6th) to win Eastern League All-Star Game MVP in 7-1 win…

2016: Spent the season with Single-A Tampa, batting .278 with 50 R, 24 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 35 RBI and 63 BB (.384 OBP, 4th in FSL) in 109G… Named a FSL Postseason All-Star…

PERSONAL: Played two seasons at Cal Poly (2014-15), where he was named to the 2015 All-Big West First Team after hitting .304 with 9 HR and 45 RBI… Also played two seasons (2012-13) at Santa Barbara City College (CA)… Originally selected by Toronto in the seventh round of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft but did not sign…

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