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Waldichuck, Deitrich Called Up to Triple A

Bridgewater, NJ – The New York Yankees have announced that LHP Ken Waldichuk and INF Derek Dietrich have been promoted to Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre. The Yankees have also announced that RHP Carlos Espinal, RHP Jose Mujica and RHP Carson Coleman have…

Ken Waldichuk

Ken Waldichuk held the Curve at bay while the Patriots gave him all the run support he needed in a 12-8 win, Sunday May 15, 2022. Photo: Somerset Patriots.

Bridgewater, NJ – The New York Yankees have announced that LHP Ken Waldichuk and INF Derek Dietrich have been promoted to Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre. The Yankees have also announced that RHP Carlos EspinalRHP Jose Mujica and RHP Carson Coleman have been assigned to their Double-A affiliate, the Somerset Patriots 

Waldichuk, the Yankees’ top pitching prospect and No. 6 player in the organization, started six games for the Patriots this season and posted a 4-0 record along with a 1.26 ERA and 46 strikeouts, all of which lead the team. Notably, the 24-year-old pitched five no-hit innings and struck out a career-high 12 hitters in a winning effort over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on May 8.  

Since joining the team in late-April, Dietrich has excelled at the plate with an average of .290 as well as a team-high seven home runs and 18 RBI. Dietrich saw time with the RailRiders in 2021 with 36 appearances and batted .215 with five home runs and 22 RBI.

He has appeared in 746 MLB games and has a career .245 batting average with 84 home runs and 255 RBI.  

Espinal returns to Somerset after making three appearances with Scranton and pitching 6.2 innings while striking out four hitters and allowing four earned runs. The Dominican Republic native began the season with the Patriots and recorded a 2.45 ERA through 11.0 innings pitched with 16 strikeouts.  

In 6.2 innings pitched with the RailRiders, Mujica allowed four earned runs and struck out four batters. He also appeared in his first career MLB game in 2020 with the Colorado Rockies and pitched 4.1 innings in the “Big Leagues.”  

Coleman signed with the Yankees as an undrafted free agent in 2020 and has since moved up the minor league system, most recently pitching 19.1 innings in nine games with High-A Hudson Valley and maintaining a 0.47 ERA with 26 strikeouts.  

Michael Cohen is the News and Sports Director at Fox Sports Radio New Jersey and Magic 98.3 FM, as well as a radio production assistant with Fox and Magic in New Jersey. He started his career in Somerset in 2018 initially as a news fill-in at WCTC 1450 AM, and soon moved up to higher responsibilities in the ensuing years, assuming News & Sports Director title in 2021Prior to his time with Fox Sports New Jersey, Michael was play-by-play voice for New Jersey Jackals baseball, and as well as play-by-play and color for the College of Staten Island basketball (men and women), softball and baseball. Michael began his career as a news and sportswriter with the Jersey Journal of Hudson County.