On the same day Manny Banuelos was finally called up to the Major Leagues by the Yankees, the team re-united with another former pitching prospect.
The Yankees have signed RHP Shane Greene to a minor-league deal and assigned him to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, the RailRiders announced Thursday in a roster update.
Greene, 33, was the Yankees’ 15th-round pick in 2009, but was dealt to Detroit in the three-way deal with Arizona in December 2014 that brought Didi Gregorius to the Bronx.
The righty was 5-4 with a 3.78 ERA in 15 games (14 starts) with the Yankees in 2014 before the deal, but he found his niche in the bullpen and has a 4.50 ERA and 67 saves over nine seasons with the Yankees, Tigers, Braves and Dodgers.
Greene signed a minor-league deal with the Dodgers over the winter, and had a 5.87 ERA in 7 2/3 innings over five appearances in Triple-A and made one scoreless two-inning appearance in MLB this year before being released on May 22.
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