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Jonathan Loáisiga Done For The Year

By Darragh McDonald | August 28, 2025 at 5:35pm CDT

Yankees right-hander Jonathan Loáisiga has a flexor strain and won’t return this year. However, he is unlikely to require surgery, which perhaps bodes well for next year. Manager Aaron Boone provided the news to reporters including Chris Kirschner of The Athletic and Greg Joyce of  The New York Post.

Loáisiga, 30, is a talented pitcher but he has often been held back by injuries. In 2023, he underwent surgery to remove a bone spur from his elbow and only pitched 17 2/3 innings that year. In April of 2024, he required internal brace surgery on the ulnar collateral ligament in his throwing elbow.

He reached free agency and the Yankees decided to sign him for 2025, even though he was still recovering from that surgery at the time. Before all the injuries popped up, Loáisiga had put up some good numbers. Over 2020 and 2021, for instance, he logged 93 2/3 innings with a 2.50 earned run average, 23.8% strikeout rate, 6% walk rate and 58.4% ground ball rate.

The Yanks were surely hoping that a clean bill of health could get him back to that level but it didn’t play out that way. He was reinstated from the injured list in mid-May but landed back on the IL due to mid-back tightness. He started a rehab assignment shortly thereafter but then suffered the flexor strain which has now ended his season. Around those injuries, he gave the Yankees 29 2/3 innings with a 4.25 ERA, 18.5% strikeout rate, 7.4% walk rate and 50.5% ground ball rate.

The Yankees bolstered their bullpen ahead of the deadline by trading for David Bednar and Camilo Doval, adding those two to a group that already included Devin Williams, Luke Weaver and others. They recently welcomed Fernando Cruz back from his own IL stint. The relief corps has a 4.88 ERA in August but there’s lots of talent in there and they have a chance at righting the ship down the stretch and into the postseason. Getting a healthy Loáisiga in there could have helped but that won’t happen now.

The Yankees will have to make a decision about next year. Loáisiga’s $5MM deal came with a $4.5MM salary and $500K signing bonus, plus a $5MM club option for 2026 with no buyout. They were willing to place a $5MM bet on him last offseason but it’s possible his subpar performance this year pushed them away from doing so again. This injury presumably makes it even less likely they trigger the option. But they clearly like the player and he’s unlikely to require surgery, so perhaps they could re-sign him at a different price point.

Boone also relayed, per Kirschner, an update on lefty Ryan Yarbrough. The southpaw will likely be working out of the bullpen when he comes off the IL. He gave the Yanks some good results in a swing role earlier this year, making eight starts and eight relief appearances with a 3.90 ERA. Unfortunately, a right oblique strain put him on the IL in mid-June.

While Yarbrough has been away, Luis Gil returned from his own IL stint to retake a spot in the rotation. Also, Cam Schlittler came up from the minors and has been really good through his first eight starts. The rotation now features those two alongside Max Fried, Carlos Rodón and Will Warren.

Yarbrough has been rehabbing lately and has been getting stretched out. His third and most-recent outing saw him toss 4 2/3 innings. But there’s not really a spot for him in the rotation, so the Yankees will seemingly put him in a long relief role. They also have Paul Blackburn doing long relief work and could cut him, though rosters expand in September, which will perhaps allow the club to roster both of them.

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23 Comments

  1. Captainmike1

    2 months ago

    50 innings in 3 seasons
    Not sure if we can count of much next season
    Seems to be quite injury prone

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    • Captainmike1

      2 months ago

      Count on much
      Not count of much

      2
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      • Dumpster Divin Theo

        2 months ago

        Trying for haiku?
        Need to amp up syl-la-byes.
        Or else you r toast.

        Reply
      • robluca21

        2 months ago

        You can edit your comments

        Reply
        • Captainmike1

          2 months ago

          Only for a few minutes
          Then you can’t

          Reply
      • Dumpster Divin Theo

        2 months ago

        Butt munch
        Not butt of much

        Reply
  2. TrillionaireTeamOperator

    2 months ago

    I could see 1 year/$1.5M w/ a $500k buyout on a $3.5m club option or something, if they wanna keep him in the organization.

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    Reply
  3. gold masters

    2 months ago

    Angels 24-5, in last 29 games. Watch it happen.

    Reply
    • Jobu's Rum

      2 months ago

      Another sub-.500 season? Been there.

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      Reply
  4. whyhayzee

    2 months ago

    Loáisiga, 30, is a talented pitcher but he has often been held back by injuries, because Dr. Boonedoggle grinds him into the dirt with gross overuse on the brief occasions when he’s healthy.

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    • Jobu's Rum

      2 months ago

      What the heck are you babbling about now? Loaisiga’s career high in games are 57 and 50. There are 40 relievers already over that number this season.

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      Reply
    • KnicksFanCavsFan

      2 months ago

      he’s only compiled 100 innings in the last 4 years. he hadn’t been overworked.

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      Reply
  5. YankeesBleacherCreature

    2 months ago

    So long Johnny Lasagna!

    There are better optionable pitchers than Blackburn for mop-up duty when Yarbrough returns.

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    Reply
  6. bullred

    2 months ago

    Loáisiga will be fine. He has been great when he is healthy which he should be next year.

    Reply
    • top jimmy

      2 months ago

      When has he ever been healthy?

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      • robluca21

        2 months ago

        2020 & 2021

        Reply
  7. 27.cell.ginseng@icloud.com

    2 months ago

    Waste of a bullpen position year after year.

    1
    Reply
  8. RobM

    2 months ago

    His stuff was still there, his command was not. Not uncommon after TJS. Should be better next year. Will they want to pay the $5 million to find out?

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    • YankeesBleacherCreature

      2 months ago

      If they want to re-sign him, they should hedge again for a one-year deal with a team option to lower AAV, similar to his last contract

      Reply
  9. top jimmy

    2 months ago

    There’s no decision to be made for next year. Buy him out and move on.

    Reply
  10. robluca21

    2 months ago

    That’s cool. He’s running as a republican in Texas so should be okay. Unless he’s Ina very liberal district

    Reply
    • ChuckyNJ

      2 months ago

      Teixeira is running in the district that includes Kerr County, scene of the deadly Fourth of July floods.

      Reply
  11. Ok Yankees Fan

    1 month ago

    Thanks for your service, Johnathan.
    You gave it your best but sadly are too injury prone. Good luck with your future endeavors!

    Reply

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