Yankees bring back Shane Greene on minor-league deal

ST. PETERSBURG — It is like reunion week for the Yankees.

A day right after promoting just one-time major prospect Manny Banuelos, the Bombers signed Shane Greene, who was their 2013 Minor League Player of the Year, to a minimal league deal on Thursday. Greene had a first rate rookie period in pinstripes, but was a cornerstone in the Yankees offer to check out and swap Hall of Fame shortstop Derek Jeter.

Now a reliever who is coming off a disastrous 2021 period, and a slow begin at Triple-A, Greene is some veteran insurance plan for a Yankee bullpen that is taken some large hits not long ago.

“Obviously, he’s been a really fantastic pitcher in the league, a backend man, a nearer,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone explained Thursday night. “So we’re observing what he’s acquired. Get with us, I know our guys normally have some things that they feel like they can tweak or it’s possible support a guy with definitely a ton of experience and a ton of accomplishment.

“I just know it was intriguing for us to get him and we’ll see what we’ve got,” Boone included.

In just the last week the Yankees bullpen has lost Chad Environmentally friendly for the season to Tommy John operation and Aroldis Chapman (Achilles) and Jonathan Loaisiga (shoulder) to the 10-working day injury listing.

That’s a massive hit to what has been a important component of the Yankees’ potential to put up the most effective file in baseball, 32-13. The bullpen which had the fourth-greatest Period in the American League and a corps of relievers who will be tested in the coming weeks by both of those individuals losses and an improved program of opponents. The four-activity sequence in opposition to the Rays at Tropicana Discipline this weekend is the first 10 of 13 game titles towards teams with successful data. That arrives right after going through the perpetually rebuilding Orioles 7 out of their preceding 10 game titles.

And pitching coach Matt Blake has experienced some achievement with reclamation tasks. He served Clay Holmes come across his way from a non-descript arm with the Pirates to likely the best reliever in baseball proper now.

Greene has a main-league keep track of report, but has struggled the final two several years at whichever level he’s pitched.

Greene remaining the Yankees in 2015 and went on to have some good results as a reliever right after a 5-4, 3.78 Period-period in his rookie year as a starter with the Yankees. He was portion of the three-group offer that introduced the Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius. Greene is a a single-time All-Star who saved 32 game titles for the Tigers in 2018. He has 67 occupation saves and a 4.50 ERA  in components of 9 seasons in the large leagues with the Yankees, Dodgers and Braves.

But he is coming off a profession-worst 2021 time and the 33-calendar year-aged did not display substantially of a rebound in Triple-A this year. Very last year, he posted a 7.23 Period in 28 games with the Braves, who released him on Aug. 14, and the Dodgers.

Known as back again up to the massive leagues on Could 15 of this year, Greene pitched two shutout innings for the Dodger versus the Phillies. After publishing a 5.87 Period in seven Triple-A appearances this yr, even so, Greene was launched. The Yankees re-signed him Thursday.

The Yankees reunited with Banuelos this winter and finally promoted him to the main league 26-man roster on Thursday. Soon after getting component of the “Killer Bs,” with Dellin Betances and Andrew Brackman, Banuelos was sidelined by injuries. He under no circumstances built it to the majors with the Yankees in advance of currently being traded to the Braves in 2015. He was in the bullpen Thursday evening carrying the significant league Yankees uniform in a authentic recreation for the initial time.