The Yankees have claimed right-hander Osvaldo Bido off waivers from the Angels, according to announcements from both clubs. The Halos had designated him for assignment a week ago when they acquired left-hander Jayvien Sandridge from the Yankees. To open a 40-man spot for Bido today, the Yankees designated infielder Braden Shewmake for assignment.
Bido, 30, has been riding the DFA carousel all winter. He finished the 2025 season with the Athletics but has subsequently gone to Atlanta, Tampa, Miami, the Angels and now the Yankees via waiver claims. He has shown enough potential that teams like him but he had a rough season in 2025 and exhausted his final option. That has pushed him to fringe roster status and several clubs are seemingly hoping to get him through waivers and into the minors as non-roster depth.
The righty showed his potential with the A’s in 2024. Still playing in the Oakland Coliseum at that time, Bido gave the A’s 63 1/3 innings in a swing role, allowing 3.41 earned runs per nine. His 10% walk rate was a bit high but he struck out 24.3% of batters faced.
The A’s moved to Sutter Health Park last year, a minor league facility, as a temporary home on their way to Las Vegas. That proved to be a hitter-friendly venue, with negative impacts for Bido. He had only allowed three home runs in 2024 but saw the ball go over the fence 19 times in 2025, in a slightly larger sample size of 79 2/3 innings. He was optioned to the minors a few times and finished the year with a 5.87 ERA.
Bido does not have a previous career outright and is shy of three years of service. That means he would not have the right to elect free agency if he were eventually passed through waivers, which explains to constant cycle of waiver claims and DFAs.
The Yankees will probably go down that same road. They don’t have room for Bido in the rotation and their bullpen already projects to have Paul Blackburn and Ryan Yarbrough serving as long relievers. For now, Bido has a spot and could report to camp with a chance to earn a job, but it’s also possible the Yankees put him back out on waivers with the hope of him clearing. If that is indeed the plan, they will likely put him out there quickly. The 60-day injured list opens up next week, which will open up extra roster flexibility for most clubs.
Shewmake, 28, was claimed off waivers from the Royals exactly a year ago today. He spent 2025 in the Yankee system but never got called up, exhausting his final option season in the process. He’s considered a strong defender at multiple infield positions but hasn’t shown much with the bat. He has a .118/.127/.191 line in 71 major league plate appearances. Over the past four years, he has a Triple-A line of .241/.304/.386, which translates to a 78 wRC+.
Now that he’s in DFA limbo, he will have resolution within one week. The waiver process takes 48 hours, so the Yanks could theoretically take five days to field interest. His interest should be minimal with his light bat and lack of options. Like Bido, he does not have a previous career outright and is shy of three years of service, meaning he would stick around as non-roster depth if he clears outright waivers. With the aforementioned 60-day IL situation, the Yanks could be motivated to put him on the wire sooner rather than later.
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It’s the Bido Shuffle.
Why did it take so long to DFA Shewmake?
I wondered that too. He was generally #1 on my list to get jettisoned all last year, and this offseason, but he kept surviving, likely as “protection” for the big league roster. I suspect his multi-position ability and good glove meant they kept him in case something seriously went wrong with injuries. Losing Oswaldo Cabrera so early last year kept Shewmake around. Now, they’ll have Cabrera back, and they’ve added in Caballero and McMahon, and Lombard’s a year further along, and Volpe will return early enough, so they’re more comfortable with their depth and can finally release Shewmake.
I feel like Shewmake has a decent chance to get outrighted, so I would’ve DFA’d him before quite a few guys they’ve cut already, such as Michael Siani and Jayvien Sandridge. Like actually he would’ve been DFA’d before Kaleb Ort, who was first out the door last month.
Is the DFA carousel particularly active this offseason or am I noticing it because the Yanks are very active in it?
And are the Yanks’ interest standard for them and I hadn’t noticed or are the players particularly interesting? Or are they active because it’s a cheap way to land some flyers and, well, they need that this offseason?
It is as they haven’t been active in the FA market. Most of their DFA pick-ups have minor league options but not Bido so he may be just keeping the seat warm for someone else.
He’s not a bad project if we end up keeping him. He showed some potential before 2025.
Jomboy was talking about this offseason for the Yankees. I think they’re set on the roster, maybe Goldschmidt still happens, and they might wait to evaluate at the deadline and instead makes moves then.
I think there’s another move or two to happen. What exactly it is i don’t know. I don’t expect a big one, but we’ll see if there’s anything to all the Jasson trade rumors. Goldy coming back I can see as well.
The Braves have missed on a lot of top draft picks the last decade.
Taking the Pitching that’s not good enough to make the Angels says a lot about the depth of the Yankees. None of it good.
if you’re reading that much into a move like this, then I would agree with you. But I don’t read that much into a move like this
Most teams miss on more than they succeed with in prospects.
Langeliers (9) was the Braves first pick in the 2019 draft, followed by Shewmake (21), Beau Phillip (60), and Michael Harris II (98). Two valuable picks in the first 3 rounds. True that several of their first round selections have been………..underwhelming.
Nashville, it just seems the last several years the Braves don’t have as many top prospects as most teams. Hopefully that changes soon.
They’ve hit on a lot of their non-first rounders.
Question is is he good?
Throws five pitches incl. above average slider. Can spot start. He got hit hard last season. Could be pitch sequencing. He’s an interesting project.
… and by now we’re more than well aware that Matt Blake has far too many “projects” as opposed to actual prospects. Let the Bido shuffle continue on…
about half the league has said no
Does Bido get a jersey for every team this offseason?
He had an excellent 2024
Three team trade idea that Cash Ninja needs to see:
Yanks send Jazz Chisholm, Luis Gil and JC Escarra to Pirates and Oswaldo Cabrera to Cubs.
Pirates send Nick Yorke (2nd and corner outfield), Henry Ford (Rh Catcher), and SS prospect Sammy Stafura to the Yanks.
Pirates send Mitch Keller to the Cubs.
Cubs send Nico Hoerner to the Yankees.
Yanks get
Nico Hoerner SS
Henry Ford back up catcher
Nick Yorke inf/outfield utility RH bat
Sammy Stafura send to single A
Pirates get
Jazz Chisholm
Luis Gil
JC Escarra
Cubs get
Mitch Keller
Oswaldo Cabrera
This is a crazy trade but every team benefits. Yanks get leadoff hitting rh bat in Hoerner, backup catcher, and a rh bat they can utilize at second and corner outfield.
Cubs get a top of rotation starter and a super utility switch hitting infielder.
Pirates get middle of order bat, young former rookie of year starter, and left handed catcher which they need.
Yanks trading Gil with Jazz seems like allot but they are filling needs.
When I saw this kid doing a few decent things at times this past season, I thought, “I wonder what the Yankees pitching development system could do for this guy?” Then I saw him in the first steps of the DFA dance, and I thought, “nah, he’ll never make it through to the Yankees.”
Then I saw the Yankees hawking in on DFA’s recently, more than I noticed in recent years, or at least for people I actually recognized, and thought this might happen. They can tune this kid into a useful, if not good, pitcher. He has the skills they tweak well.
I really wish that the Mets hadn’t poached the pitch shape developer they had when they were turning never-has-beens into bullpen gold a few of years ago, (we miss you Desi) but they’ve still got the brain trust in their pitching lab.
Turns out, the Yankees got Desi back at the beginning of the offseason. I like Bido’s chances now.