After the bullpen gave up 10 earned runs in a 12–5 loss, the team optioned right-hander Scott Effross and infielder Jorbit Vivas to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, opening two roster spots ahead of Saturday’s game at Yankee Stadium.

J.T. Realmuto followed the Yankees' ninth error in four games with a tiebreaking, three-run drive in a four-run seventh inning, lifting the Phillies over New York 12-5 on Friday night.

The Yankees had high hopes for Effross when they acquired him for Hayden Wesneski at the 2022 trade deadline. But he underwent Tommy John surgery that October, and at this point it's clear that years of health issues have sapped him of the stuff he once had.

With only six days to go until Thursday's deadline, Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suárez has emerged as the top projected target for the Yankees -- which makes sense, considering he has 36 home runs, only one fewer than New York superstar Aaron Judge.

The New York Yankees are not exactly shaking their reputation as a club with defensive issues. New York fell further away from first place in the AL East on Wednesday with a mistake-filled 8-4 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.

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