Rico Garcia doesn’t must go very far.
The Yankees claimed the right-handed reliever off of waivers from the Mets on Monday, including one other arm to a bullpen depleted by accidents.
Garcia, 31, threw 4.2 scoreless innings over two appearances with the Mets, together with a two-inning look towards the Yankees on July 6 at Citi Area.
His fastball repeatedly hit 96-98 mph throughout that outing.
Garcia pitched to 4.45 ERA with 37 strikeouts in 30.1 innings with Triple-A Syracuse earlier than the Mets known as him up this month, however as a result of Garcia is out of minor-league choices, he’ll have to be on the Yankees’ 26-man roster.
The Mets, whose personal rash of pitching accidents has prompted fixed roster reshuffling, designated Garcia for task on Friday.
In 32 profession MLB appearances, Garcia owns a 6.47 ERA with 24 strikeouts in 40.1 innings. He beforehand pitched for the Colorado Rockies, San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles, A’s and Washington Nationals over elements of 5 seasons.
Garcia joins a Yankees bullpen that misplaced Jake Cousins to season-ending elbow surgical procedure and that at present has Mark Leiter Jr. (stress fracture in leg) and Yerry De los Santos (elbow discomfort) on the injured checklist.
Jonathan Loáisiga, in the meantime, has struggled in his return from elbow surgical procedure, pitching to a 5.01 ERA over 22 appearances.
The Yankees’ bullpen has a 4.82 ERA during the last 29 video games, up from its 3.78 ERA mark over the primary 67.
“We’ve had a little bit of attrition here and gotten a little bit short in the pen the last few weeks, and that’s been a little bit of a challenge, especially as we went through a long stretch of a lot of games,” supervisor Aaron Boone stated after Sunday’s 4-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs.
“We’ve got to make sure we shore that up and continue to get guys in good roles down there.”
Final week, basic supervisor Brian Cashman stated he wish to import “some relievers” earlier than the July 31 commerce deadline.
