US EditionRyan Yarbrough agrees to 1-year contract to stay with New York Yankees, AP source says
Ryan Yarbrough signed a $2.5 million, one-year contract with the Yankees, providing left-handed pitching depth amid key rotation injuries, with performance bonuses included.
- A person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press Monday that side-arming left-hander Ryan Yarbrough agreed to a $2.5 million, one-year contract with the New York Yankees including up to $250,000 in performance bonuses pending a physical.
- Ryan Yarbrough earlier rejoined the Yankees in March after signing a major-league deal following a minor-league release by the Toronto Blue Jays.
- He went 3-1 with a 4.36 ERA in eight starts and 11 relief appearances, striking out 55 and walking 19 in 64 innings but missed more than two months with a strained right oblique.
- Yarbrough provides insurance for the Yankees rotation without Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodon and could compete for the fifth rotation spot or serve as bullpen long man alongside Tim Hill.
- With rotation health uncertain, the Yankees' first offseason move was Yarbrough's agreement, first reported by Fansided, as Brian Cashman said `Hopefully, health is blessed early in the rotation as well as in the early portion of February, March, and April, but you can't count on that.
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Ryan Yarbrough agrees to $2.5 million, 1-year contract to stay with New York Yankees, AP source says
Ryan Yarbrough is staying with the New York Yankees on a $2.5 million, one-year contract. That's according to a person familiar with the negotiations who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday because the deal was subject to a successful physical examination.
NEW YORK.- The New York Yankees, who seek to reinforce their rotation and bullpen, reached an agreement to renew the contract of the versatile left-handed pitcher Ryan Yarbrough for a year. The agreement is pending a medical examination. Yarbrough returns to the Yankees after signing a major league contract with the club the last [...] La entrada Yankees signs to launcher Ryan Yarbrough aparece primero en PSN Noticias.
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