Chad Jennings reports that the Yankees have sold Triple-A outfielder Todd Linden to the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Japanese Pacific League. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Linden was generally the third hitter for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees and has hit .312 with 7 home runs, 17 doubles and 42 RBIs, placing him among the hitting leaders in the International League.