McCutchen officially promoted

Heavily rumored last night, and now official: Dan McCutchen has been promoted to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Here's the press release from the Thunder:

(Trenton, NJ)- The Trenton Thunder, Double A Affiliate of the New York Yankees, have announced that RHP Dan McCutchen has been promoted to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre from Trenton, and RHP Bo Hall has been transferred to Trenton from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. RHP Josh Schmidt, who was taken off the Thunder roster yesterday, has been transferred to High-A Tampa.

McCutchen was 4-3 with a 2.52 ERA in 8 starts for the Thunder. He had the 5th lowest ERA in the Eastern League, and was just outside the Top-5 in both K (46) and IP (50.0). He entered the 2008 season as the 14th best prospect in the Yankees Minor League Systeam according to Baseball America . In 2007, he combined to win 14 games between Tampa and Trenton, including going 3-2 with the Thunder and a 2.41 ERA in 7 starts. He went 2-0 in the 2007 Eastern League Playoffs, including earning the win in the series-clinching E.L Championship Game #4 @ Akron. He was originally selected by the Yankees in the 13th round of the 2006 draft.

Hall was promoted to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on May 9th. He went 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA in 3 G for the Yankees. Prior to moving to Triple-A, he had an 0-1 record with a 3.38 ERA in 8 games for the Thunder this season. In his last appearance for Trenton, he went 2 perfect innings and struck out 4 against Portland on 5/4. Last season, Hall went 5-2 with a 3.46 ERA in 34 games with 1 SV for Huntsville (Double-A) in the Southern League. He was selected by the Yankees from Milwaukee in the Rule 5 Draft (AAA Phase) on 12/6/07. He was originally drafted by Milwaukee in the 19th round of the 2002 draft.

McCutchen officially promoted

Heavily rumored last night, and now official: Dan McCutchen has been promoted to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Here's the press release from the Thunder:

(Trenton, NJ)- The Trenton Thunder, Double A Affiliate of the New York Yankees, have announced that RHP Dan McCutchen has been promoted to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre from Trenton, and RHP Bo Hall has been transferred to Trenton from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. RHP Josh Schmidt, who was taken off the Thunder roster yesterday, has been transferred to High-A Tampa.

McCutchen was 4-3 with a 2.52 ERA in 8 starts for the Thunder. He had the 5th lowest ERA in the Eastern League, and was just outside the Top-5 in both K (46) and IP (50.0). He entered the 2008 season as the 14th best prospect in the Yankees Minor League Systeam according to Baseball America . In 2007, he combined to win 14 games between Tampa and Trenton, including going 3-2 with the Thunder and a 2.41 ERA in 7 starts. He went 2-0 in the 2007 Eastern League Playoffs, including earning the win in the series-clinching E.L Championship Game #4 @ Akron. He was originally selected by the Yankees in the 13th round of the 2006 draft.

Hall was promoted to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on May 9th. He went 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA in 3 G for the Yankees. Prior to moving to Triple-A, he had an 0-1 record with a 3.38 ERA in 8 games for the Thunder this season. In his last appearance for Trenton, he went 2 perfect innings and struck out 4 against Portland on 5/4. Last season, Hall went 5-2 with a 3.46 ERA in 34 games with 1 SV for Huntsville (Double-A) in the Southern League. He was selected by the Yankees from Milwaukee in the Rule 5 Draft (AAA Phase) on 12/6/07. He was originally drafted by Milwaukee in the 19th round of the 2002 draft.