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Yankees Designate Tyler Matzek For Assignment

By Darragh McDonald | May 16, 2025 at 2:25pm CDT

The Yankees announced that left-hander Tyler Matzek has been designated for assignment. That opens an active roster spot for right-hander Jonathan LoĂĄisiga, who has been reinstated from the 15-day injured list. Their 40-man roster count drops from 39 to 38.

Matzek, 34, was selected to the big league roster a bit less than a month ago. He has since tossed 6 1/3 innings for the Yankees over seven appearances. He allowed three earned runs in that time, leading to a passable 4.26 ERA. However, he issued five walks in that span, a 14.3% rate.

That’s a fairly small sample but control has been a problem for Matzek in the past. He has an 11.7% walk rate in his big league career. His early-career stint with the Rockies was hampered by those control issues. He later revitalized his career in Atlanta but still worked around some fairly high walk totals. From 2020 to 2022, he posted a 2.92 with Atlanta despite walking 13.4% of batters faced. However, he also struck out 27.4% of opponents.

He wasn’t able to pitch much in the past two seasons. He required Tommy John surgery late in 2022, wiping out his 2023. Last year, further elbow troubles kept him on the shelf for much of it. He only got to pitch 10 innings in the big leagues.

The Yanks were able to get him on a minor league deal this winter and brought him up to the majors, but they appear to be quickly moving on. This will leave them a bit short on left-handed relief. Ryan Yarbrough has been working bulk innings, so Tim Hill as the only true southpaw reliever now that Matzek is gone.

DFA limbo can last as long as a week, though the waiver process takes 48 hours, meaning any trade possibilities would have to be explored in the next five days. Matzek’s recent track record isn’t much to go on but he at least has some past success. If he passes through waivers unclaimed, he has more than enough service time to reject an outright assignment and elect free agency.

As for LoĂĄisiga, he’ll be looking to make a comeback from a lengthy injury absence. He had a really strong season in 2021, pitching 70 2/3 innings for the Yankees with a 2.17 ERA, 24.4% strikeout rate, 5.7% walk rate and 60.9% ground ball rate. But in 2022, he battled some shoulder troubles and posted a 4.13 ERA. In 2023, he was limited to just 17 appearances by elbow issues and eventually underwent UCL surgery early in 2024.

Though he was going to start the 2025 season on the injured list, the Yankees believed in him enough to bring him back. They signed him to a major league deal with a $5MM guarantee and a club option for next year. He’ll be a bargain if he can get back to that 2021 form. The early results have been good, as he threw seven innings on his rehab assignment with nine strikeouts and no walks, allowing just one earned run.

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  1. Rking

    4 weeks ago

    Somewhere AA just felt a disturbance in the force.

    16
    Reply
    • Braveslifer

      4 weeks ago

      My wife and I were just talking about that.

      4
      Reply
  2. bhambrave

    4 weeks ago

    Coming soon to a Braves team near you.

    17
    Reply
  3. Skyrider123

    4 weeks ago

    He’ll be in Gwinnett before the end of the weekend

    12
    Reply
  4. ALuepke12

    4 weeks ago

    Surely the jays will put a claim in, right?

    Reply
  5. AL B DAMNED

    4 weeks ago

    AA, This is your cue!
    Eddie in limbo with Brewers.
    Please forget about Luke Jackson!
    Luke is the one that put Matzek
    into all of those houdini situations!

    2
    Reply
    • mlb1225

      4 weeks ago

      Get ready to sign Adam Duvall, buddy.

      3
      Reply
      • Dooper

        4 weeks ago

        @mlb1225. Don’t even joke about such things.

        2
        Reply
    • NashvilleJeff

      4 weeks ago

      Eddie’s not “in limbo now” AL. He signed a minor league deal w/the Brewers this week.

      1
      Reply
      • strange faces

        4 weeks ago

        @Nashville Jeff:

        AA can’t control himself, he needs a 12 step program. No, bad Alex! Put the phone down! No more broken repeats!

        1
        Reply
  6. Braves_saints_celts

    4 weeks ago

    Please Braves…. DON’T đŸ˜«

    Reply
  7. AL B DAMNED

    4 weeks ago

    Braves only have 2 lefties
    in the Bullpen! Why not?

    1
    Reply
    • NashvilleJeff

      4 weeks ago

      Keep up AL. The Braves recalled Dylan Dodd this morning. Three lefties now.

      1
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      • AL B DAMNED

        4 weeks ago

        They back dated the call up to yesterday.
        Wasn’t in the transaction log this morning!
        Jose Suarez would have been a better choice,
        but I think he only has one option left.
        He had only given up 1 run in 13+ innings prior to tonight’s game in which he gave up 6 Ernies in 4 2/3 innings. Probably dodged a bullet.
        Still need another Lefty in the pen. Dodd will be sent back down in order to activate Strider in a few days anyway.

        Reply
  8. Fernando P

    4 weeks ago

    Wouldn’t be surprised to see Mets sign him. They lost former teammate Minter. Plus Cohen loves to collect former Yankee players & coaches.

    1
    Reply
  9. Acoss1331

    4 weeks ago

    Hopefully that means Johnny Lasagna is coming back soon.

    3
    Reply
  10. johnnybadd2019

    4 weeks ago

    Feel bad for Matze

    Reply
  11. Steinbrenner2728

    4 weeks ago

    I guess the Baseball Gods eventually did not approve of Matzek wearing the same uniform number as the bench coach Ausmus.

    Having two 68’s on the team was too much.

    Reply
  12. Ok Yankees Fan

    4 weeks ago

    He was awful.

    Reply
  13. Blue Baron

    4 weeks ago

    The Mets should take a shot with him.

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