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NYY •
about 2 months ago
The deal, which had been reported on Monday, is now official after the 33-year-old southpaw passed his physical. Yarbrough will also have the ability to make an extra $250,000 in performance bonuses. He’s likely to reprise his role as a swingman for the Yankees after posting a 4.36 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and a 55/19 K/BB ratio across 64 innings in 2025.
NYY •
5 months ago
Yarbrough, on the IL with a strained oblique, is ready to be activated for a middle-relief role whenever. The Yankees aren’t going to bring him back as a starter unless someone gets hurt.
NYY •
5 months ago
He struck out three. The Yankees could activate Yarbrough this weekend if they want; he’s not going into the rotation immediately anyway, so he doesn’t need to be stretched out any further than this. He’s been out since June 20 with an oblique strain.
NYY •
5 months ago
Yarbrough has been out since late June with an oblique strain. The most interesting aspect of his recovery update is that the Yankees “plan to build Yarbrough to the area of 50 pitches before activating him.” This would seem to confirm earlier suspicions that Yarbrough will come back as a multi-inning reliever, and that means we could see him activated sooner than he would have been if he were building up to a starter’s workload.
Source: MLB.com
NYY •
7 months ago
Yarbrough was slated to take the ball for Monday’s series opener against the Reds. Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters it’ll be Allan Winans coming up from Triple-A to start in his place. He also added that the soft-tossing southpaw is dealing with a low-grade oblique strain that began bothering him back in mid-June. The 33-year-old wound up requiring a trip to the injured list when he was unable to complete a bullpen session earlier this week. He’s likely to only miss a couple weeks given the relatively mild severity of the strain.
NYY •
7 months ago
Yarbrough struck out three and walked one on the day. All of the damage against him came on two solo home runs, one to Nolan Schanuel in the first inning and then another to Jo Adell in the fifth. The left-hander posted an underwhelming 16 percent whiff rate and 25 percent CSW on the day and is a risky bet on the road against the Reds next week.
NYY •
7 months ago
The crafty Yarbrough turned into another fine outing here all things considered. Despite constant traffic over the first few innings, he did well to limit damage and not let the Red Sox get the big hit they were looking for. His resurgence has been fueled by some alterations to his changeup and that pitch accounted for five of his nine total swings-and-misses in this start and was incredibly important against the Red Sox’s right-handed heavy lineup. He’s lined up to face the Angels at home in his next start.
NYY •
8 months ago
Yarbrough came into the night 3-0 with a 2.83 ERA in five starts and eight relief appearances, but his ERA sits at 4.17 after he gave up nine hits, including a homer, and two walks. He’s slated to face the Red Sox again next time out, but the Yankees might want to try something else then. Perhaps they could just use Yarbrough once around the order and then go to the pen.
NYY •
8 months ago
The 33-year-old southpaw befuddled the Dodgers’ hitters throughout the night, racking up five strikeouts in the dominant performance. The only blemish on his night came on a solo homer off the bat of Tommy Edman in the second inning. Yarbrough racked up 17 whiffs on 93 pitches on the night — seven of those on his sweeper — while registering a CSW of 33 percent. Now 3-0 on the season, he’ll carry an impressive 2.83 ERA, 0.99 WHIP and a 40/11 K/BB ratio (41 1/3 innings) into Saturday’s divisional showdown against the Red Sox.
NYY •
8 months ago
Yarbrough gave up a solo homer to Zach Neto to leadoff the game, and allowed just one more hit until his exit. He’s been impressive in his limited action as a starter, and he’s allowed just four runs over his four appearances and 20 innings in the month of May. It’s been impressive, but it would still be risky to use Yarbrough in fantasy leagues against the Dodgers on Sunday.
NYY •
8 months ago
It was his first start since Sept. 28, 2023 and first win as a starter since July 20 of that season. Yarbrough has 54 career wins, but most of them have come as a bulk guy or long reliever. With his velocity up a tad and his strikeout rate also taking a step forward, he should be just fine for however long the Yankees want to start him. However, since the team has off days Thursday and the following Monday, he’ll probably pitch in relief next time through.
NYY •
9 months ago
Yarbrough was fortunate to escape without a crooked number going up on the scoreboard as he put plenty of traffic on the bases in the first two frames and only notched one strikeout. The soft-tossing 33-year-old southpaw has excelled this season in long relief for New York, but he can be safely ignored in all fantasy formats.