NEW YORK — Jeter is again with the Yankees – Jeter Downs.
New York claimed the 25-year-old shortstop off waivers from the Washington Nationals on Tuesday.
Downs, the thirty second general decide by Cincinnati within the 2017 novice draft, is called after former Yankees captain Derek Jeter.
Downs made his massive league debut with the Boston Red Sox in 2022 and hit .154 (6 for 39) with one homer and 4 RBIs. He was claimed by the Nationals off waivers final Dec. 22 and was 2 for five this yr with one RBI and stole two bases. He hit .236 with three homers, 18 RBIs and 11 steals this yr for Triple-A Rochester of the International League.
Before his massive league debut on June 22, 2022, Downs acquired a pregame congratulatory tweet from Jeter, who met his namesake a couple of years earlier.
“Congratulations and good luck… unless you are playing the Yankees,” Jeter wrote.
