Yankees Call Colin Curtis Up from Minors, Send Chad Moeller Down

The Yankees have announced that they have called minor league outfielder Colin Curtis up from Triple-A Scranton. 

Curtis, 25, has played 35 games at the Triple-A level this season. In those games, he has 125 at-bats, a .280 average, .357 OBP, .368 SLG, and a .725 OPS. He split 2009 between Double-A and Triple-A. In 132 games last season, he had a combined .250 average, .321 OBP, and a .686 OPS.

Meanwhile, Chad Moeller will be the one sent down . Since he doesn’t have options left, he’s going to have to clear waivers to stay within the Yankees organization.

Curtis always been considered a solid, but unspectacular prospect, because he is a very average player in many respects. He’s got a bat that has played at every level, but was not outstanding anywhere, and he has never displayed much pop. He plays defense at all three outfield spots, but has both an average arm and range. He doesn’t steal bases, but isn’t station-to-station.

He’s really very average, so it will be interesting to see if he sticks at the major league level. He isn’t likely to be a starting outfielder even on weak teams, but it is certainly possible that he could be a serviceable fourth outfielder.

The most likely move will be to demote outfielder Chad Huffman or catcher Chad Moeller. Curtis doesn’t have a spot on the 40-man roster though, and that might mean that Moeller is the one getting DFA’d to make room on the roster.

That’s just speculation right now. We’ll update you when the Yankees make an official move.

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