The Yankees announced that right-hander Phil Bickford has been designated for assignment. The move opens a roster space for left-hander Josh Maciejewski, whose contract has been selected from Triple-A.
Bickford’s own minor league contract was selected to New York’s roster just on June 21, and the veteran righty allowed eight earned runs over five innings (in five appearances) for an ugly 14.40 ERA. The majority of that damage took place in Saturday’s game, as Bickford was charged for five runs in just two-thirds of an inning of relief work in the Yankees’ 9-3 loss to the Blue Jays.
Today’s move brings a fresh arm into the Yankees bullpen, and returns Bickford to the DFA wire for the third time in his career. Bickford’s previous designations resulted in a change of uniform — the Dodgers claimed him off waivers from the Brewers in May 2021, and the Mets acquired Bickford as part of a deadline day trade last August. Since Bickford is out of minor league options, the Yankees had to designate him and risk losing him on waivers before the club is free to outright him off the 40-man roster.
Maciejewski was designated and outrighted himself back in April, shortly after he made his Major League debut in the form of a single inning of relief work in New York’s 7-0 win over the Marlins on April 8. A 10th-round pick for the Yankees in the 2018 draft, Maciejewski is more of a pitch-to-contract type of hurler than a strikeout artist, and he has a 4.95 ERA over 83 2/3 career Triple-A innings. His second trip to the majors will see Maciejewski join Caleb Ferguson and Tim Hill as the left-handed options in New York’s relief corps.
Sucks for Bickford. First dfa by the dodgers then the .mets then the Yankees. Hoofah
No better than he deserves, really. He had the one serviceable season and the rest are mediocre at best.
Another one in a series of bad #1 draft picks for the Giants.
I cut my hair for this?
Yankees are back to normal. Not pitching, not hitting, no manager, no GM. No Stanton , no Rizzo, no Torres, no DJ, not catching. Not closer pitching. Back to the 4 place
FB
LOL
Imagine being this miserable
You forgot Wannabe Soda. The billion dollar man has a boo-boo from a bad baserunning “slide”.
not quite back to normal .. judge isnt on the IL yet
That’s for sure! If they lost Judge, they’d lose 8 of every 10 games. He’s definitely the Roy Hobbs of this era.
Hoyer will pick him up and make him the Closer.
Cole needs to go 7 innings today. The BP is put together by band aids and horrible players. What was once a strength early the lack of depth due to injuries will see the Yankees continue to fall in the standings. They still have time, but it’s getting late early.
It truly feels like 2022 all over again. It’s hard to believe that we were the best team in baseball, just a few weeks ago. I had already declared Luis Gil to be the next Pedro Martinez. Blehhhh… looks like ANOTHER year without a World Series title. Unacceptable.
Keena
“I had already declared Luis Gil to be the next Pedro Martinez. Blehhhh… looks like ANOTHER year without a World Series title. Unacceptable.”
You definitely seem like a person who has reasonable expectations. Carry on
haha, I meant with the small body and blazing fastball. Hey, if Gil turned out to be 60% of what Pedro was, you and I would both be absolutely thrilled!
Bickford is a good story of redemption, even if he never wins another game. Sorry the Brewers dumped you. you have good stuff. God Bless you and one day at a time!