With the harm bug devouring the Yankees’ bullpen, Tim Hill is working much more as of late.
The side-arming southpaw has pitched in 48 video games this season. As of Thursday, an off day for the Yankees, that was the third-highest complete in all of baseball behind a number of relievers with 49 appearances and San Francisco’s Tyler Rogers, who had pitched in an MLB-leading 50 video games.
Whereas Hill has been sharp, recording a 2.54 ERA and the third-best groundball charge in baseball, his workload and transformation into extra of a high-leverage reliever has highlighted the Yankees’ want for one more lefty of their bullpen.
“We’re pretty thin now,” Aaron Boone stated Wednesday as he mentioned why he can’t restrict the struggling Jonathan Loáisiga to low-leverage conditions.
Yankees normal supervisor Brian Cashman has additionally made it identified that his group might use a number of relievers earlier than the deadline, along with a 3rd baseman and rotation assist. In an ideal world, one could be a left-hander to pair with Hill.
“Ideally, you go out and get a really good lefty to complement him,” Blake stated, “but we’ll see what’s out there in the market.”
Whereas the Yankees usually add surprising names to their bullpen earlier than the deadline, just a few intriguing pitchers embrace the Angels’ Reid Detmers and the Braves’ Dylan Lee, who had been among the many top-10 certified left-handed relievers in Ok%.
The Royals’ Angel Zerpa, in the meantime, had the perfect groundball charge of any lefty reliever, beating out Hill. The Braves’ Aaron Bummer and the Diamondbacks’ Jalen Beeks had been additionally among the many 12-highest groundball charges.
Danny Coulombe is one other identify to control, as the approaching free agent has been glorious for the Twins, posting a 0.93 ERA over 29 innings.
Ought to the Yankees fail to accumulate a lefty reliever, Blake stated that Ryan Yarbrough, one other injured pitcher, might turn into an inside possibility, although that will minimize into the group’s restricted rotation depth.
Signed as a swingman on the finish of spring coaching, Yarbrough shined as a rotation substitute earlier than struggling an indirect pressure. He’s begun throwing, however his rehab program has but to incorporate working off the mound.
“Yarbrough can be multi-inning or a tough lefty matchup in the fourth, fifth or sixth [innings],” Blake stated, noting that Hill would stay the high-leverage possibility later in video games.
Cruz, in the meantime, has began to throw, however Boone stated the strikeout-heavy righty will construct up slowly, as his personal indirect harm shouldn’t be totally healed. An unspecified August return has been floated as a risk.
Leiter, one other righty, is predicted to be re-imaged in New York this week after struggling a leg fracture.
Lastly, the right-handed De los Santos ought to be an possibility for the Yankees quickly now that he’s begun a rehab project.
