Yankees intend to call up David Adams

When Kevin Youkillis went down with a back injury the Yankees called up Corban Joseph before trading for Chris Nelson to get some infield help. The man playing third base for the AAA Railriders was David Adams was not called up because he had been released to free a 40 man spot and because it was in spring training he could not be called up for thirty days after he had resigned. For those of you asking why he was released it sounds like the Yankees basically had already set up with him that he would resign after his release to clear a 40 man spot and if they had DFA him he could have been picked up off waivers. Kind of a weird situation but Adams had missed most of spring training with a back injury and so he wasn't going to be useful early in the season and the Yankees must have assumed Youk could be healthy for a month and a half, way off on that one. A report out right now is that the Yankees will bring up Adams as soon as he is eligible, which will be this Wednesday  May 15th. Adams has been manning third base regularly but has gotten time at 1st and 2nd this year as well, as well as hitting .325/.411/.494 with two home runs and nine RBI in 23 games at Triple-A this season. The Yankees intend to play him regularly when they do call him up and it will be interesting to see where they play him, it would make sense if he played at 1st with Nelson/Nix at third, but if that was the case I expect that Adams would be playing 1st more in Scranton rather than the two starts he has there this season. We will just have to wait and see what happens, but if Adams gets the call then it probably is the end for Ben Francisco as a Yankee. Fun fact May 15th is also David Adam's Birthday, so getting a call up and start would be a good birthday present.