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By Zach Pressnell
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The New York Yankees are really struggling to win games right now, but they should have reinforcements returning from the injured list in the near future.
Returning some players from injury won't solve all the Yankees' issues, but it should certainly help. But when these injured players return, some rostered players will need to be designated for assignment or optioned to Triple-A.
Stephen Parello of Yanks Go Yard recently argued that the Yankees should keep Yerry De los Santos on the roster ahead of pitchers like Jonathan Loaisiga and Mark Leiter Jr.
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"Yerry De los Santos just returned to the 26-man roster, but that doesn't mean his reign will be long, Parello wrote. "As the Yankees prepare to welcome back Jonathan Loaisiga, there's a chance they could option De los Santos to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in order to make room.
"The peripherals don't look great for the former Pittsburgh Pirate, but with a 1.63 ERA on the season, you can't argue with the results. In that way, he's much the opposite of Leiter Jr., who routinely underperforms his stellar peripherals. Not only that, De los Santos is capable of providing length out of the 'pen in a way that Loaisiga and Leiter Jr. can't be trusted to do."
De los Santos is a very valuable piece of the Yankees' roster, and there's a real argument to be made that he should remain in the Bronx over Loaisiga.
But De los Santos has options on his contract while Loaisiga and Leiter don't. That means that sending the former to Triple-A would be a simple move, while the latter pair would need to be designated for assignment.
It's unlikely the Yankees want to lose any of these pitchers, so the simple move of optioning De los Santos remains the most likely outcome.
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