Yankees' Carlos Espinal: Returns to Triple-A

Espinal was optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday.

Espinal had his contract selected Monday but will head back to the minors without making his major-league debut. The 25-year-old has a 3.46 ERA, 1.38 WHIP and 7:7 K:BB over 13 innings since being promoted to the Triple-A level in mid-July.