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Yankees Sign Jake Lamb To Minor League Deal

By Anthony Franco | July 14, 2023 at 8:14pm CDT

The Yankees signed first baseman/corner outfielder Jake Lamb to a minor league deal this afternoon. He was assigned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, where he’s making his organizational debut tonight.

Lamb was let go by the Angels a couple weeks ago. The veteran left-handed hitter had signed an offseason minor league contract and broke camp with Los Angeles. He struggled over 19 games, putting up a .216/.259/.353 line before being optioned. Lamb found his stride in Triple-A, putting together a .317/.453/.498 slash over 150 plate appearances. He walked at a huge 17.3% clip against a manageable 20% strikeout rate.

Despite the big upper minors numbers, the Halos designated him for assignment and released him last month. After a couple weeks on the open market, he finds a new landing spot and will try to play his way back to the big leagues.

Lamb has now appeared at the highest level in 10 consecutive seasons. An everyday player early in his career with the Diamondbacks, he has bounced around over the past few years. Going back to the start of the 2020 campaign, Lamb has a .203/.297/.368 batting line in 434 MLB plate appearances split between seven different clubs.

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  1. WideWorldofSports

    2 years ago

    cashman’s big move

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  2. Yankeesfan23

    2 years ago

    Neat!

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  3. This one belongs to the Reds

    2 years ago

    In like a Lamb.

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  4. Rexhudler86

    2 years ago

    More like a well done lamb chop

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  5. Bright Side

    2 years ago

    Bob Veale.

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  6. avenger65

    2 years ago

    I have no clue as to why teams keep giving this guy a chance. He can’t hit and really doesn’t have a position. The White Sox got him because he was renowned for his ability to hit HRs.He had two good seasons with the Dbacks in 2016 and ’17 and hasn’t hit more than 7 in season the rest of his career. Mystifying.

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    • winonarider

      2 years ago

      Maybe it’s his weight? He’s lookin pretty hefty in that photo.

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    • solaris602

      2 years ago

      Whatever the reason it clearly has nothing to do with performance. Since 2017 it’s been a combo of the league figuring him out and shoulder surgery that have him pegged at under replacement level. All of these teams are apparently good with that.

      Reply
  7. YankeesBleacherCreature

    2 years ago

    Impending Franchy DFA.

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  8. Viveleempireevil

    2 years ago

    Yes. And they flew him to Scranton on Bo Peep Airlines.

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    • mlbnyyfan

      2 years ago

      Cashman once again shopping on the Clearance Rack

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  9. padam

    2 years ago

    Jesus. This move makes one think Eppler is the GM for the Yankees.

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  10. bppack

    2 years ago

    Another useless signing by Cashman. How many fringe MLB players does it take to add up to a legitimate left fielder? This is ridiculous.

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  11. whyhayzee

    2 years ago

    Did Peter Gabriel suggest this move?

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    • DCartrow

      2 years ago

      Peter Gabriel has no Solsbury stake in these proceedings.

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  12. The_M4N

    2 years ago

    If you’re a Yankees fan and you ain’t fed up with Cashman and Boone, you’re not a Yankees fan. One has been living off of Stick Michael’s succes for almost 30 years now, the other off of… jeez idk, that he hit a HR of Wakefield 20 years ago or that he can do a mediocre imitation of players… This team stinks and it starts at the top.

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    • YankeesBleacherCreature

      2 years ago

      Lol. Unfortunately, there isn’t much this team can do now that they’ve backed themselves up against a wall with payroll. Hopefully, they’ll make better use of their resources when some money comes off the books this offseason.

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      • Dr2022

        2 years ago

        not as long as cashmans there. His specialty is dumpster diving. How many guys from the dumpster can he fill out the roster with. and for the remainder, some over the hill veterans who will work on a short term contract

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  13. GarryHarris

    2 years ago

    Is there another player in MLB with less energy than Jake Lamb?

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  14. Stan Papi

    2 years ago

    Lamb to the slaughter- by the NY media.
    Whose next ? Chad Curtis out of the penal league? Gardner would have been a better option than any of this trash they’ve been using.
    The Yankees had murders row – now they have a new murders row of their payroll .
    Josh Donaldson just thinking how putrid he is makes me laugh.

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  15. Dmac13

    2 years ago

    Bargain hunting again! Time to make some changes! In my opinion it’s time to cut the cord on boone. He is not the right guy! He has had a lot of injuries however he has still cost them 10 games this year with idiotic managerial moves.
    Instead of bargain hunting let’s shake up the roster maybe make a few trades and see if one of those guys does well with a change of scenery.. DONALDSON who I thought would have a decent year I said he would bat about 260 and hit 20 hr and about 75 rbi… he I think he will get to but the rest no. Thank you for your time but it’s time to go trade him for someone like Brad hand and see if both pan out. DJL great guy but bad stretch. Bite the bullet here and make a baseball trade. He’s older and the Yankees have cheaper options in IKF and CABRERA with peraza still in the wings. Perhaps if the yankees do decide to go after ohtani a package of prospects like peraza, trey sweeney, Dominguez and DJL are there to start although I’d really like to see Doninguez play in NY. I’d love ohtani as well but if I’m giving up Dominguez I want more than 2 months for ohtani. And going back to Boone I will give a few names of possible manager replacements. Mike pagliarulo, David cone, Paul oneill, Brett Gardner and I wouldn’t rule out Don Mattingly to start next year

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  16. judgementday99

    2 years ago

    Thank Jesus the season is saved!

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    • DCartrow

      2 years ago

      No,that will be when they sign Aguilar next

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  17. judgementday99

    2 years ago

    Dumpster Diving at the Dollar Store

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  18. pinterman

    2 years ago

    The barrel bottom has been scraped.

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  19. MickeyYogiWillieJackieHenry

    2 years ago

    Tied for last place and making moves like this….. Pathetic

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  20. TribeFan88

    2 years ago

    Lamb will probably reach the major leagues with the Yankees and play in about 15 games, hitting 1-2 home runs with about a .200 batting average before being DFA’d again.

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  21. EasternLeagueVeteran

    2 years ago

    He’ll team up with Esty Florial and Jamie Westbrook to make Scranton the favorite to win the second half IL title!

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  22. guitvyankfan

    2 years ago

    Cashman dumpster diving again.

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    • mlbnyyfan

      2 years ago

      It’s time for the Yankees to be sellers at the trade deadline. Torres, German, Sevy, Bader, IKF. Release Donaldson. Possibly see what you can get for Stanton and Cole. This team has more holes than Swiss cheese. I blame Cashman he built this team with so many limitations. He’s always going after the wrong players as well. Stanton instead of Yelich when Ohtani turned them down or never traded for Stanton when Harper was available the following year. Also love Rizzo but Yankees should of gotten Freeman.

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