Yankees’ Oswald Peraza will draw trade deadline attention
NY Post
PHILADELPHIA — As the trade deadline nears, scouts will be keeping an eye on Oswald Peraza, the Yankees prospect who was promoted from High-A Hudson Valley to Double-A Somerset this week.
There’s no doubt Peraza, who will turn 21 on Tuesday, could someday help in The Bronx, but with the Yankees still in third place in the AL East, the shortstop will draw interest from teams looking for talent in the farm system if the Yankees make a move to add major league talent. Peraza was bumped up to Double-A after just 28 games at High-A, something he said was a target of his prior to the season.It was only a three-second glimpse, but Matt Rempe, finally, showcased offensive strides. The ones he started talking about in the preseason — after a summer’s worth of work — and kept doubling down on, even when he fluctuated in and out of the Rangers lineup and shuttled back and forth to AHL Hartford.
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