Yankees promote Garrett Martin to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre after power surge

Garrett Martin’s bat forced the issue, and the Yankees moved him to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre with the kind of production that no front office can ignore for long. The promotion from Double-A Somerset was announced June 19, giving the RailRiders a right-handed power threat who had spent the first half smashing his way into the conversation.

Martin was 25 at the time of the move and listed at 6-foot-3 and 217 pounds, a physical corner outfielder whose profile is built around impact contact. In 67 games with Somerset, he hit .270/.344/.568 while leading all Yankees minor leaguers with 21 home runs and 54 RBIs. That pace already passed the 14 homers he hit in 2025, and he did it in only 41 games this season. Across three minor league levels, Martin’s career line now stood at 47 home runs, 152 RBIs and 54 stolen bases, a reminder that the power comes with enough athleticism to matter in other ways too.

The timing of the jump fit the player. Martin arrived in Triple-A on a six-game hitting streak, and over that stretch he went 12-for-21 with two homers, six extra-base hits, seven RBIs and five walks. That is not empty batting practice power. That is a hitter controlling at-bats, getting on base and punishing mistakes when pitchers fall behind.

Somerset’s own numbers showed how extreme the environment had become, and how much Martin contributed to it. The Patriots hit 106 home runs through 67 games, the most by any Double-A club through that point in the Research Tool Era, and they homered in 53 of those 67 games. Martin’s 21st blast came June 19, a fly ball to right-center field that underlined how quickly he had become one of the league’s most dangerous bats. It also marked another step for a player who had already become the latest Somerset position player to earn a Triple-A callup this season.

For the Yankees, this was more than a bookkeeping move. Martin’s profile now gets stress-tested by better sequencing, better breaking balls and more disciplined pitching at Triple-A, where the margin for chase contact shrinks fast. If the on-base skill holds and the power travels, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre could be looking at more than a temporary upgrade. It could be the doorstep to the Bronx.