The Yankees have signed veteran utility man Pablo Reyes to a minor league deal, per a report from Gary Phillips of the New York Every day Information. The infielder will presumably obtain an invitation to huge league Spring Coaching in a number of months.
Reyes, 31, made his huge league debut with the Pirates again in 2018. That 18-game cup of espresso within the majors went fairly nicely for him, as he slashed a powerful .293/.349/.483 in 63 journeys to the plate down the stretch that September. That sturdy efficiency earned him a bigger position with the membership as a part of the membership’s Opening Day roster, however he struggled badly and located himself optioned to the minors for a lot of the summer season as he in the end slashed simply .203/.274/.322 in 71 video games. A PED suspension worn out Reyes’s 2020 season, however he resurfaced as a member of the Brewers in 2021. He spent two years as a depth piece for Milwaukee, shuttling between Triple-A and the membership’s bench, and hit a middling .258/.330/.344 (84 wRC+) in 103 journeys to the plate with the membership.
He elected free company following the 2022 season and initially signed on with the Athletics on a minor league pact for the 2023 season. He in the end didn’t make it to Oakland, nevertheless, failing to crack the membership’s Opening Day roster earlier than being shipped to the Crimson Sox in mid-Might. He was rapidly chosen to the massive league roster in Boston, and his time with the Crimson Sox proved to be the most efficient of his huge league profession. Reyes appeared in 64 video games for the Crimson Sox final yr, slashing a roughly league common .287/.339/.377 in 185 journeys to the plate.
That was a sufficiently sturdy efficiency that Boston determined to carry Reyes again for the 2024 marketing campaign, however issues took a flip for the more serious this yr as he posted a paltry 27 wRC+ within the first month of the yr earlier than being designated for task by the Crimson Sox in late April. Reyes was outrighted to the minors initially however rapidly discovered himself on the transfer once more as he was dealt to the Mets the next month. Reyes solely made one look in Queens as a pinch runner with out stepping as much as the plate, however he did slash a robust .300/.385/.504 in 68 Triple-A video games between his two golf equipment’ associates in Worcester and Syracuse.
Now, Reyes will enter 2025 seeking to crack a Yankees bench combine that present figures to characteristic Oswaldo Cabrera, Oswald Peraza, DJ LeMahieu, Jon Berti, and Jorbit Vivas. Whereas Reyes gives little in the way in which of offense, he does present worth within the type of high quality baserunning and the positional flexibility to play all over the place on the diamond besides behind the plate. Ought to Reyes discover himself on the surface trying in of the membership’s Opening Day roster subsequent yr, he could possibly be a beneficial supply of non-roster depth for a membership that at present tasks to characteristic a bench with out many optionable gamers.
