Yankees prospect Brock Selvidge underwent an internal brace procedure on his left elbow and will miss the 2026 season as a result, Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com reports.
Selected by the Yankees with their third-round pick back in 2021, the now-23-year-old Selvidge isn’t on the team’s 40-man roster and went unclaimed in December’s Rule 5 Draft. He was still a candidate to make his big league debut at some point in 2026, having gone through a second stint at Double-A in 2025, where he logged a 4.68 ERA, an 18.9% strikeout rate and a 12.2% walk rate. He tossed two scoreless spring innings with a 4-to-1 K/BB ratio.
Baseball America ranked Selvidge 12th among Yankees farmhands heading into the 2026 season, labeling him a potential fourth or fifth starter who sports a five-pitch arsenal that includes an average or better four-seamer, cutter and sweeper.
Injuries aren’t necessarily new for Selvidge. He was named to the 2024 roster for the Futures Game, held annually during the MLB All-Star break, but had to pull out of the event due to a pinched nerve in his left biceps. He’d worked to a 3.25 ERA with a 24.6% strikeout rate in his first dozen starts that year but was rocked for 17 runs over his final 21 innings (7.29 ERA) before landing on the injured list in early July. He wound up requiring surgery in Sept. 2024 and was out until late May last season while recovering.
The 2026 season will be Selvidge’s third straight year in which an arm injury has limited his workload. By the time he’s cleared to throw off a mound in 2027, he’ll be facing a three-year period where he’s thrown 167 2/3 innings despite regularly working as a starting pitcher.
Selvidge isn’t on the major league roster, so he won’t land on the 60-day IL and accrue big league service or pay. He wasn’t likely to be an early-season option anyhow, but he’s now out of the running for a look later this summer
The Yankees already have Gerrit Cole, Carlos Rodón and Clarke Schmidt opening the season on the injured list. Veterans Ryan Yarbrough and Paul Blackburn give the Yankees a pair of swing options behind Max Fried, Cam Schlittler, Ryan Weathers, Luis Gil and Will Warren, and out-of-options DFA pickup Osvaldo Bido gives them a third candidate for such a role. Young righties Elmer Rodriguez and Carlos Lagrange are among the top pitching prospects in the sport and could debut in 2026 as well.
Cashman better hope that ERC and LaGrange are the real deal since he continues to spend cheaply in the off-season. The same goes for Dominez or Jones because he refused to trade for Kwan or sign Tucker proven commodities
The C in ERC has been dropped.
You can’t just sign guys and hope to fit them in. It’s gotta line up properly and then mesh with whatever their budget is, and even if Cashman likes the player. I mean we think we know what’s best, but we’re not operating with all the same pegs.
Like perhaps the Guardians had zero interest in trading Kwan to the Yankees?? Do you think that perhaps may have been a possibility???
that possibility is a mere triviality to the Cash haters
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Can we please get over this “Love of Kwan ” like he’s “The Dude” from “The Big Lebowski”? Yes… good fielder… yes best contact hitter. But he hit 11 homers, stole 20ish bases and had a .330 OBP in 690is PA. Dominguez did the same in about 490ish PA and a .331 OBP. If the clamor is for Kwan to be a leadoff hitter than a .330 OBP isn’t exactly what you want. If so then Grisham and Dominguez were both better than Kwan. Yes he’s a better bat to ball guy but an OBP is what it is. Who cares how you get on base?? And signing Tucker for $60 mil per plus a 110% tax would’ve been an idiotic move to fast the least. What’s the point of having a farm system if you dint give your top guys some runway to arrive. My Yankee fan mates are almost impossible to please. the patience you show with rookies is worse than George back in the 80s.
Hopeful he can Selvidge the rest of his career.
That’s not bad 🤣
It’s a tough Brock but I think he’ll get past it.
Always hate it for guys who show some promise but injuries keep getting in the way.
Yeah tough break for him. With a decent year he would’ve been positioned to take some emergency starts. Rodriguez, Lagrange, and a healthy Hampton are all better prospects but he probably would’ve been ahead of them for emergency start duty.
What’s crazy is Schlitter had similar stuff when 2025 began and just exploded on the scene. I’m getting a real Thor vibe from him. I hope it lasts 10+ years but gaining 5-7 a few years after being drafted is a bit of a red flag.
I think Ben Hess is above the depth chart over him.
Yes but he’s a higher tier prospect at this time. They might not want to call him up for the odd start here and there. The team will certainly survive the loss of Selvidge so best wishes to him for a good recovery and rehab. There’s a world where he can carve out a big league role if things come together correctly.
Is there a track record for successful careers following being a Rule 5 guy who doesn’t get picked in the Rule 5 draft??
Plenty – deGrom, Framber Valdez, Nelson Cruz, Nestor Cortes, Whit Merrifield, etc.
Yankees have a lot of AAA depth for starters, having him a year behind probably benefits the team numbers wise and even him getting a chance next year
He runs the very real risk of getting passed by numerous younger higher tier arms. Not the worst fate if he recovers well. The Yankees flip starter prospects in almost every trade they make.
With all the time he’s lost, I think when he comes back, he’s probably a reliever. Which isn’t the worst thing. I think those breaking pitches play in the bullpen.
Could be. I’m sure he’s down with anything that gets him in MLB. Just a few seasons is life changing money.
It’s the year of the Hamate bone injury and UCL Surgery.
And the year of the Calf injury in the NBA!