The Yankees introduced that right-hander Cody Poteet has been reinstated from the 60-day injured listing and optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. To open a 40-man roster spot, fellow righty Ron Marinaccio has been designated for task.
Poteet landed on the 15-day injured listing in June because of a proper triceps pressure, finally getting transferred to the 60-day IL. He began a rehab task on August 20 and was coming to the 30-day restrict for that task, that means he needed to be added again to the roster. He’ll give the Yanks some additional rotation depth for the subsequent little bit however they’re extremely unlikely to wish it. They presently have a mixture of Gerrit Cole, Carlos Rodón, Clarke Schmidt, Nestor Cortes and Luis Gil, with Marcus Stroman ran into an extended aid function.
Marinaccio, now 29, had a robust debut in 2022. He tossed 44 innings for the Yankees that 12 months, permitting 2.05 earned runs per 9. His 13.3% stroll fee was on the excessive facet however he overcame that with a 30.9% strikeout fee.
Since then, his outcomes have declined a bit. In 47 1/3 innings final 12 months, he posted a 3.99 ERA. His 13.2% stroll fee was nearly a precise match from the earlier 12 months however his strikeout fee dropped to 27.3%. Right here in 2024, he has been continuously shuttled forwards and backwards between the Yankees and the Triple-A RailRiders. In his 23 1/3 huge league innings, he has a 3.86 ERA. He lowered his stroll fee to 10.1% however his strikeouts additionally dropped to 25.3%. In 39 2/3 innings for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, he has a 2.04 ERA, 25.8% strikeout fee and eight.8% stroll fee.
There are some intriguing ends in there however the righty is in his remaining choice 12 months and has already been despatched down 5 occasions this season, so the Yanks weren’t going to have the identical roster flexibility with him going ahead.
They must put him on waivers within the coming days. He received’t be postseason eligible with any buying membership, so there could be little brief time period attraction to a declare, however some membership might seize him as a long-term play. He has simply over two years of service time, that means he nonetheless received’t be arbitration eligible as of this winter and would include 4 years of membership management past the present marketing campaign.
