Deivi Garcia has positioned himself into possibly boosting Yankees' bullpen this summer

NEW YORK – Rocketing through the Yankees’ minor league system, right-hander Deivi Garcia is “pushing himself into the mix’’ as a big-league bullpen option according to Brian Cashman.

Speaking on Friday with Sirius XM’s MLB Network Radio, the Yankees general manager mentioned Garcia’s recent promotion to Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre – a move that puts the 20-year-old pitcher one level away from the Bronx.

And while Cashman is aggressively engaged in the trade market for starting pitching leading up to the July 31 trade deadline, there are clear limits in his deal-making process.

“We’ll got to market, we know it’s going to hurt to some degree. But are we going to give up Deivi Garcia for a rental somewhere? Clearly not,’’ Cashman told Sirius XM hours before the Yankees – leading the AL East by 6.5 games - began the post-All-Star break portion of their schedule.

However, available pitchers with more team control would naturally require more of a prospect price, and the Yankees have what it takes to strike a significant deal before the deadline.

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Cashman’s trade limits won’t prevent clubs from asking for certain untouchables, “but that’s not going to preclude an opposing team to ask us for that, or it’s not going to preclude an opposing team from asking us about Gleyber Torres…clearly that’s not going to happen either,’’ Cashman said. “But those are the dances you have to do.’’

Starting last Sunday’s Futures Game at Cleveland, Garcia tossed a scoreless inning.

“He’s one of those guys that’s been on the radar the past couple of years,’’ manager Aaron Boone said of the 5-foot-9, 163-pounder who has drawn comparisons to Pedro Martinez due to his build and his electric arsenal.

This season, Garcia has taken it “to another level’’ by pitching to a 3.01 ERA with 114 strikeouts in just 68.2 innings in 14 combined starts at Class A Tampa and Class AA Trenton.

Garcia is “getting the attention of not only us but all of the baseball world…with him starting the Futures Game and everything going along with that,’’ Boone said. This is “a guy we’re really excited about.

“I’ve watched a handful of portions of his outings, so I’ve seen him,’’ Boone said. “Obviously a guy who’s very talented but also a guy from a makeup standpoint is a guy highly thought of as well within our organization.”

According to Conor Foley of The Scranton Times-Tribune, Garcia will debut as a starter for the RailRiders on Monday and the team will go to a six-man rotation, mindful of the potential innings limit on a right-hander who just turned 20 in May.