The Yankees announced that they have recalled infielder Jorbit Vivas. He’ll be making his major league debut if they can get him into a game. He takes the roster spot of outfielder Trent Grisham, who has been placed on the paternity list.
Vivas, 24, has actually been up with the big league club before. In July of last year, he was recalled when infielder J.D. Davis landed on the 10-day injured list. However, he was optioned back down to the minors three days later without getting into a game, so he’s still looking for that MLB debut. Hopefully, he can find his way in this time, as it would be a bit heartbreaking for him to twice get called up and not get any big league action either time.
The Dodgers added him to their 40-man roster back in November of 2021, to keep him out of that year’s Rule 5 draft. He was flipped to the Yankees in December of 2023 alongside left-hander Victor González, with infielder Trey Sweeney going to the Dodgers. Sweeney would later be sent to the Tigers as part of the Jack Flaherty deal, along with Thayron Liranzo.
Vivas is in his final option year and has a huge .342/.432/.493 line through 20 Triple-A games. That’s obviously a small sample but would be a nice breakthrough if he could sustain even some of that. He hit all through the lower levels of the minors but then had a line of just .225/.339/.294 in 26 Triple-A games in the Dodgers’ system in 2023. With the Yanks last year, he got into 93 more games at the top minor league level and slashed .225/.347/.366 for a 93 wRC+.
The young infielder is capable of playing second or third base, with tiny amounts of experience at shortstop and left field as well. He also stole 46 bases over 2023-2024 and has four more already this year. That defensive versatility and speed could make him a nice utility player, especially if the bat is coming around. Paternity lists stints are for one to three games, so Grisham should be back with the club in short order.
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Jorbit will out in orbit with happiness if he finally makes his MLB debut. Good luck young man!
¡Vivas Jorbit!
Congrats to Vivas for the cup of coffee at the major league level and congrats to Grisham on the new kid- but also please Grisham, come back soon and continue to mash close to .400 with a 50 HR pace.
If I’m in Trent Grisham’s shoes, I go see the wife and we addition, and fly out the next morning to meet the team. He’s on a heater, getting playing time, and is a free agent after this season. Get back.
Family always comes first. He’s on a heater, but has to see his wife and newborn. These guys are away from family half the season.
Vivas is coming for your spot, Peraza. The time is now for Vivas until Lombard or Arias are ready
I wouldn’t hold my breath for Arias. He’s slowly working his way down the prospect list.
No, you really have to breathe when singing Arias.
Well he is kind of a diva.
Paraza should be starting at 3rd over Cabrera. The only thing that’s holding him back is the stupid L/R thing.
Agreed, Arias is looking like trade bait. Meanwhile Jasson Domingez could become the next Moncada.
at his age its too soon to say that, even as a league repeater and off to a slow start in Tampa. But by year’s end he could be a long way down.
Is it fair to say that Vivas and Durbin are similar and therefore trading one of them made sense?
I think Durbin is a quad-A player imo.
Minor league stats coming into the year, suggested Durbin is a much better hitter.
Pretty much.
Playing Pablo Reyes in RF today with Grisham & Rice out. They should have just put Cabrera at RF for & Vivas at 3b for the 1-3 games Grisham misses.
How do you say his name. Is the J silent? Or is he a long lost brother of Norbit?
Oddly…?
“JOR-beet BEE-bas”
Might as well. Guy’s crushing it in AAA.
.343 / .432 /.493