The New York Yankees have added some catching depth in wake of their Trade Deadline activity. The day after a 6-2 win over the Minnesota Twins, MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch reported that New York had signed 36-year-old backstop Rob Brantly to a minor-league deal. The team assigned him to the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre RailRiders once it became official.

Brantly’s name might be familiar to some, as he was with the Yankees earlier in his career. The 2010 Tigers’ third-round pick out of UC Riverside was already in the journeyman phase by the time he joined them in December 2020. Brantly played in the organization from 2021-22 and saw some brief action at the big-league level within that short span, playing in seven games while registering 24 plate appearances. He slashed .174/.208/.261 for a .46

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