After making his third rehab begin on Tuesday evening, it feels like Ryan Yarbrough will rejoin the Yankees quickly.
Aaron Boone mentioned Wednesday that the lefty’s most up-to-date minor league outing was “probably” his final, although that had not been set in stone as of Wednesday morning.
“I haven’t seen him yet today, but good reports,” the supervisor mentioned. “I watched his first several hitters. He looked sharp.”
Yarbrough, on the injured listing with an indirect damage since June 22, totaled 4.2 innings, three hits, two runs, one stroll, six strikeouts and 63 pitches for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday. The 33-year-old has allowed 5 earned runs, walked one and struck out 12 over 11 innings on his rehab task.
With the Yankees’ rotation depth restricted, Yarbrough has been increase as a starter. Nevertheless, it’s attainable the profession swingman results in the workforce’s bullpen.
The Yankees don’t have a second left-handed reliever to pair with Tim Hill in the meanwhile, as Brent Headrick can also be on the IL, and Yarbrough would give the membership a greater long-man than their incumbent possibility, Paul Blackburn.
The bullpen is the place Yarbrough started the season after signing with the Yankees on the finish of spring coaching, however accidents compelled him into the rotation again in Could.
A junk-baller with a cool arm slot, Yarbrough thrived within the function, recording a 3.83 ERA over eight begins and 40 innings. One outing, an eight-run clunker in opposition to the Purple Sox, inflated his ERA, however he didn’t permit greater than two earned runs in any of his different begins.
Yarbrough has a .390 ERA over 55.1 whole innings this season.
