As first relayed by Bryan Hoch of MLB.com, the Yankees have promoted right-hander Dellin Betances from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and will have him pitch out of their big-league bullpen down the stretch. David Adams was optioned to the Triple-A level in a corresponding 25-man roster move.
Betances cracked Baseball America‘s Top 100 prospects list after both 2010 and 2011, but the 25-year-old never quite put it all together as a starter and finished the 2012 season with a rough 6.44 ERA and 1.85 WHIP in 131 1/3 minor league innings. He was moved to a bullpen role early this summer and has since flourished, boasting a 1.46 ERA and 63 strikeouts in 49 1/3 innings of relief as of his Sunday morning callup.
The native of Brooklyn, New York should do well as a long reliever in the Bronx.
