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Yankees Designate Johnny Barbato, Select Jordan Montgomery’s Contract

By Steve Adams | April 12, 2017 at 11:37am CDT

The Yankees announced that they’ve designated right-hander Johnny Barbato for assignment in order to clear a spot on the 40-man roster for left-hander Jordan Montgomery, whose contract has now been officially selected from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Montgomery will make his Major League debut against the Rays today after winning the fifth spot in the Yankees’ rotation.

The 24-year-old Barbato, originally acquired in the trade that sent right-hander Shawn Kelley to San Diego, struggled in his Major League debut with the Yanks last season, as he surrendered 11 runs in 13 innings of work. On the plus side, Barbato did post an impressive 15-to-5 K/BB ratio in that short time while averaging 94.6 mph on his fastball. Barbato’s numbers in Triple-A last season were solid as well: a 2.61 ERA with 9.1 K/9, 4.3 BB/9 and a 46.3 percent ground-ball rate in 48 1/3 frames.

Montgomery, also 24, was barely on the radar for a rotation spot heading into Spring Training despite a strong performance between Double-A and Triple-A last season. But, a 3.20 ERA and a 17-to-3 K/BB ratio in 19 2/3 innings paired nicely with last year’s combined 2.13 ERA, 8.7 K/9 and 2.9 BB/9 in the minor leagues to give Montgomery the edge for the final rotation slot in the Bronx. He’ll join Masahiro Tanaka, Michael Pineda, CC Sabathia and Luis Severino in manager Joe Girardi’s starting five for the time being, although the overall rotation mix could still be fluid to some extent. Severino struggled in his first outing of the season, while the top three arms all come with fairly notable injury risk.

Montgomery will make his first MLB start on the same day as battery-mate Kyle Hiashioka, who was recalled from Triple-A after Gary Sanchez hit the disabled list this past weekend. The 26-year-old Higashioka has struggled to get on base in the Triple-A level to this point in his career but demonstrated some pop, as evidenced by his .237/.287/.473 batting line in 45 games at that level.

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12 Comments

  1. YourDaddy

    8 years ago

    Who will the Padres waive to claim him back?

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    • bleacherbum

      8 years ago

      Bye, Bye Kevin Quackenbush

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  2. Molecricket23

    8 years ago

    Reward a guy for shoving by DFA’ing him.. Interesting..

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  3. Ken M.

    8 years ago

    What a great trade by Cashman. That guy never loses trades. Why do teams keep trading with that guy??

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  4. xabial

    8 years ago

    Barbados had potential, and Yankees were knee deep in relievers (Since before the Chapman Miller Days, all the way back to when Robertson was closer, Yankees bullpen was never a weakness. Mo’ could’ve been closer too. Win some, lose some, but this is a very insignificant trade that has no effect on Cashman’s legacy, let alone his trading reputation. You’re a good troll Eck.

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    • YourDaddy

      8 years ago

      Barbados is an island nation in the Caribbean. Barbatos HAS potential. 95 MPH with good movement.

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      • lesterdnightfly

        8 years ago

        Both Barbados and Barbatos have potential, you say?

        So does Johnny Barbato.

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        • Molecricket23

          8 years ago

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        • xabial

          8 years ago

          Try leaving messages through your phone. It sucks man. Auto-corrected the s*** out of me!

          I do hear Barbados is great this time of year tho

          And my point still stands! Yankee bullpen is never a weakness. For all the things they do wrong, (like having roster of overpaid veterans) the bullpen always comes out right.

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        • pinstripes7

          8 years ago

          The pitcher or the drummer?

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        • Molecricket23

          8 years ago

          It can’t be a weakness because the starters mid season will only make it through 5 1/3 innings. If it was a weakness the Yankees would be a little over 500 team. Hence the Scranton shuttle. Which is why this move still confuses me. They did it with Cessa, Mitchell, Severino, Barbato, Shreve… They need all the young arms they can get and this was a good one to let go of.

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  5. platinumcardbreaks.com

    8 years ago

    2017-18-19-20-21 yankee dynasty champions again platinumcardbreaks.com

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