High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees are a professional baseball club located in Moosic, Pennsylvania. They currently play in the International League's Northern Division. They are the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. The club plays at PNC Field (formerly Lackawanna County Stadium), their home since 1989. The new Philadelphia Phillies Triple A club opened play in 1989 as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons. The name was chosen as a reference to the early minor league franchises in the area, the Scranton Red Sox and the Wilkes-Barre Barons, both members of the Eastern League.