The Yankees have brought back left-handed reliever Tyler Lyons on a minor league contract, according to Chris Hilburn-Trenkle of Baseball America.
Lyons divided 2019 between the Pirates and Yankees, but New York outrighted him off its 40-man roster in November. Before that, Lyons – whom the Yankees signed in August – saw a bit of action at the major and minor league levels as a member of the organization. He finished the year with a combined 12 2/3 innings for Pittsburgh and New York. Although Lyons struck out 17 batters during that span, that was overshadowed by the nine earned runs he yielded on 13 hits and five walks. He was far superior in Triple-A ball, throwing 50 1/3 frames of 3.22 ERA ball with 10.7 K/9 against 3.4 BB/9.
At his best, the soft-tossing Lyons was outstanding for the Cardinals in 2017 – a 54-inning effort in which he registered a 2.83 ERA/2.86 FIP and struck out more than 11 hitters per nine. Lyons failed to revisit that form in the majors over the previous two years, but he’ll nonetheless try to work his way back to MLB as a member of a Yankees team whose bullpen includes two established southpaws in Aroldis Chapman and Zack Britton. The Yankees subtracted some lefty depth when they traded Stephen Tarpley to the Marlins on Jan. 15, but they’ve signed Lyons and Luis Avilan as reinforcements since then.
I hope everything works out for him. He’s got the heart of a Lyon.
I saw what you did there, I’m not Lyon.
After all these puns, I gotta go Lyon the couch and watch some TV.
Go to hell lmao
This one crossed the line.
This would have been the Angels biggest pitching signing of the offseason
Ouch… beisbolista going right for the KO on the Halos.
I think he forgot his obligatory deluded Astros hate in this post. Or maybe the reality of most teams cheating has finally set in.
Deluded? Please they’ve been caught cheating and now morons like you say that everyone cheats with no proof.
Not sure you know what deluded means.
How about denuded
Well they are terrible the Angels are. They overpay for offense and never bring in pitching
That signing took courage.
Don’t know why I lol’d at this, but I did.
One of their main additions this offseason.
Tyler got the Lyon’s share of middle innings—against teams with heavy left handed hitting line-ups—when he was in St. Louis. He’s got a wiffleball curve. If he doesn’t walk guys, he’s alright.
Yankees showing LHPs some love today. Not much love, but love nonetheless.
Sounds like they told them they would pick one of them to make the big roster.
He looked good in between taters given up.
People forget he is a three-time recipient of the Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Week Award.
Tyler Lyons was an over used workhorse for the Cardinals. The everyday use of Lyons out of the bullpen by Mike Mathaney led to his strained arm. Healthy now—-Tyler Lyons will be a strong portion of the Yankee Bullpen!!! Glad Tyler has been picked up by the Yankees! He’ll be a great lefty contributor.
all you can say about Lyons is Matheny was his skipper. Good stuff but blew his a off.
This was the most suspicious move of January 22, 2020.