The Yankees are starting to make some moves, the first of which is calling up Edwar Ramirez to take Chris Basak's spot on the roster. The NY Post confirms the call-up.

At 26 years old, he has brought life to a career that was twice left for dead. He’s done it largely on his own, taking it upon himself to overhaul his pitching repertoire and develop a changeup that, in the words of manager Dave Miley, is “almost unhittable.”

In other news, Bill Madden, who apparently knows nothing about player development or the state of pitching in the Yankees system, tries to bury the Yankees minor league personnel. Now, I could understand if this piece was written 2 or 3 years ago but now? Really? When Baseball Prospectus' Kevin Goldstein put the Yankees system at #4 at the start of the season and Baseball America even points out the fast rise of the organization, I don't know how you can really write the following line... but Mr. Madden does it, anyway.

...you can't do a worse job than the Yankees' Tampa-based player development department has done.

And because of their incredible incompetence, the check is now due.