The Yankees are going to select the contract of left-hander Anthony Misiewicz, reports Joel Sherman of The New York Post on X. The club has a vacancy on its 40-man roster but is also planning to select catcher/first baseman Ben Rice and activate righty Gerrit Cole from the injured list tomorrow, so further moves are likely coming, both for the 40-man and active rosters.
Misiewicz, 29, pitched five innings for the Yankees last year as well and has totaled 114 2/3 big league frames between five clubs, dating back to his 2020 MLB debut. After pitching to a respectable 4.43 ERA with a 23.9% strikeout rate and 7% walk rate through his first 103 big league innings, however, he was roughed up for a 7.36 ERA in last year’s small sample of work.
The Yankees clearly saw plenty they liked in Misiewicz last year, even with those rocky big league results, as they brought him back on a minor league deal. He’s had a nice start to the season pitching in Triple-A, where he’s thrown 30 2/3 frames of 3.23 ERA ball while recording a hefty 29.4% strikeout rate against a 7.9% walk rate. He’s also kept the ball on the ground at a sharp 46.8% clip and yielded just two homers (0.59 HR/9).
Caleb Ferguson and Victor Gonzalez are the only two lefties in the Yankees’ bullpen at the moment. The former has struggled to an ERA north of 5.00, while the latter sports a 3.05 ERA but has walked more batters than he’s struck out. The Yankees are known to be on the lookout for bullpen help as next month’s trade deadline looms, with a lefty specifically among their reported targets.
For now, the journeyman Misiewicz will get a look to see if he can pitch his way into a more prominent role and lessen the urgency the front office feels in its search for competent left-handed bullpen arms. If Misiewicz is given an actual opportunity that he runs with — and not just designated tomorrow to make room for Cole — he’d be arbitration-eligible this offseason and controllable for three more years beyond the current season.
Glad to see him back in the bigs after what happened last time. I wonder if he kept the ball after it was handed to him.
The best part of working for the Yankees is sparing the use of stitching last names on the uniforms.
“last names on the uniforms”…The Yankees have long considered the name on the front of the uniforms to be most significant, but not necessarily the names on the back.
Also, the Yankees believe that they are well known enough. You know who number 3 is without “Ruth” being printed on the back. When big number 99 comes to the plate, nobody is wondering who that player is!
Nothing wrong with acknowledging the individuals that made the Yankee name significant. Yankees are just a company. The players are the face (which they can’t even have control over because grandma yankee makes them shave)
Poteet probably going down to stay stretched out.
Poteet is getting optioned for sure to make room for Cole.
Wish that we had just resigned Wandy Peralta instead of looking to trade prospects for a left-handed leverage arm. It’s always better to spend money than prospects, in my opinion.
After reading a recent interview with Peralta, it looks like he wanted to stay but the offer from the Padres was just too good to pass up.
Not for 4/16 thats absurd for a 34 yr old
His contract contains opt-outs after each of the first three seasons. Peralta will make $3.35 million this year, followed by a $4.25 million a player option for 2025 and $4.45 million options for the next two years. It’s really $3.35 for this year, and three options. He will turn 33 on July 27th. Kimbrel got $13,000,000 at age 36 for one season in Baltimore. I would rather have Peralta for 4 years and $16 million than Kimbrel for one year and $13 million at age 36! That make Peralta’s deal not as crazy as you made it sound.
Wandy was good but he is 33 and got 4 mil times 4 so till 36 years old , that was excessive. But the Yankees did like him
See reply above. Kimbrel 36 years old and $13 million for one year.
Hamilton and Poteet to IL.
I know he’s a RHP but I wouldn’t mind Houdini coming back to the Bronx.
Looks like Hamilton will miss about six weeks. Poteet one month?