The Yankees have positioned the right-handed pitcher as
Carlos Carrasco
on outright waivers, reports
Joel Sherman from The New York Post
Players can go on waivers without needing to be designated forassignment, so it appears that Carrasco remains on the team’s roster for the timebeing. Nonetheless, Sherman points out that the right-handed pitcher
Fernando Cruz
It looks like he might return from the injured list on Tuesday. Since the Yankees have an off day on Monday, it appears that Carrasco will likely be reinstated then as the corresponding transaction to remove Cruz from the roster.
The experienced pitcher Carrasco was recently brought onto the Yankees’ roster. The team’s pitching corps had seen significant action in the preceding days. This weekend against the Dodgers, New York utilized five hurlers during their 8-5 defeat on Friday. On Saturday, they suffered an overwhelming 18-2 loss. It was a challenging outing for the starter.
Will Warren
He managed only one and a third innings in that contest, which led the Yankees to rely on six additional hurlers to complete the game. Among them was a versatile player.
Pablo Reyes
However, the main idea is that the bullpen was significantly overworked.
Carrasco was brought in to provide the team with an additional pitcher should Sunday’s game turn into another struggle, but fortunately, it proceeded much more smoothly than expected.
Ryan Yarbrough
began the game and provided six solid innings of play as his team ultimately secured a victory with a score of 7-3.
Jonathan Loáisiga
tossed the seventh and
Devin Williams
the eighth.
Luke Weaver
planned to throw the ninth one but was restrained because of some hamstring issues.
Tim Hill
stepped in instead and secured the last three outs.
This situation appears to place Carrasco in the difficult position of being removed from the roster without ever having played a game. Earlier this year, he was part of the Yankees’ organization, where he pitched for 32 innings in a versatile relief role, though his ERA during that period stood at 5.91. Due to these circumstances, he lost his spot on the active roster and went unclaimed through waiver claims. Consequently, he agreed to move down to the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre team and started pitching again. His initial appearance there was satisfactory; however, his follow-up start did not go well, as he conceded five earned runs before exiting after only two innings.
It appears improbable that Carrasco will be claimed. Since he only went through waivers not long ago and his performance hasn’t been impressive since then. Nonetheless, it’s conceivable that an injury-plagued team might see value in taking a risk on Carrasco at this point rather than a couple of weeks back.
Should he remain unclaimed and be placed on outright waivers, he possesses sufficient service time to opt for free agency. Nevertheless, considering his previous action when he was last put through waivers without being claimed, he chose to accept and report to the RailRiders, which suggests he might make the same decision once more.
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