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Roansy Contreras

NYY Relief Pitcher #57

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Yankees claimed RHP Roansy Contreras off waivers from the Orioles.

Contreras is the second waiver claim for the Yankees on Thursday, as they also swooped up Allan Winans from Atlanta. Contreras is returning to the New York organization as a former Top 100 prospect who has procured a 4.72 ERA over 234 2/3 innings across 90 games. He’ll try and win a spot as a multi-inning relief option this spring.
Allan Winans

NYY Starting Pitcher #72

Yankees claimed RHP Allan Winans off waivers from the Braves.

Winans was designated for assignment by Atlanta after the Braves claimed Amos Willingham off waivers. Winans, 29, will get a chance to compete for one of the final spots in the New York bullpen.
Munetaka Murakami

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On his ESPN show, Michael Kay said the “Yankees would love to have” Munetaka Murakami.

Murakami is a power-hitting 24-year-old from Japan who is likely to join an MLB team in 2026. Kay believes that the Yankees’ one-year contract with Paul Goldschmidt is a stopgap measure until they can land Vladimir Guerrero Jr. or Murakami in the off-season. At 6'2" and 215 pounds, Murakami has the frame to hit for power in MLB games and did hit 56 home runs with a .318/.458/.711 slash line as a 22-year-old in 2022. He has failed to match those numbers since, but he did hit 33 home runs with a .472 slugging percentage in 2024, so the power remains. How he does in 2025 will determine just how much money he’s set to make when he comes stateside in 2026.
Marcus Stroman

NYY Starting Pitcher #0

ESPN’s Buster Olney reported that Marcus Stroman’s trade market is being held up by a potential player option for 2026.

Olney noted that, if Stroman “throws 140 innings in 2025, he’ll have a player option to make $18.3 million next year.” Considering Justin Verlander just signed a one-year deal for $15 million and Martin Perez signed a one-year deal for $5 million, $18.3 million is a lot of money for a 33-year-old pitcher (34 in 2026) who is coming off a year where he posted a 4.31 ERA and just 131 strikeouts in 154 2/3 innings. That could mean that the Yankees may find it difficult to land a deal for Stroman even if they are willing to eat a significant chunk of his salary.
Michael Arias

NYY Starting Pitcher

Yankees acquired RHP Michael Arias from the Cubs for cash considerations.

The 23-year-old right-hander had been designated for assignment by the Cubs earlier in the week, so they were content to flip him for anything that they could get. Arias spent the majority of the 2024 season at Triple-A Iowa where he registered a 5.45 ERA, cringe-inducing 2.09 WHIP and a 46/36 K/BB ratio across 36 1/3 innings. He’ll add bullpen depth for the Yankees but will need to improve his command substantially before getting an opportunity at the big league level.
Dominic Smith

NYY First Baseman #0

Yankees signed 1B Dominic Smith to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.

Smith emerged as a fan favorite last year with the Red Sox as a replacement for an injured Triston Casas before being released in late August. The 29-year-old former ballyhooed Mets prospect batted .233/.317/.390 with six homers and one steal in 307 plate appearances last year between the Red Sox and Reds. He provides the Yankees with some additional cold corner depth behind Paul Goldschmidt.
Roki Sasaki

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According to YES Network’s Jack Curry, Roki Sasaki told the Yankees that he would not be signing with them.

The Yankees join the Giants and Mets as a team that has been eliminated from contention for the Japanese right-hander today. The Yankees already have a full rotation plus Marcus Stroman, who they are dangling in trade talks, so this doesn’t impact the strength of their pitching in 2025, but they obviously would have liked to have signed a player as talented as Sasaki.
Marcus Stroman

NYY Starting Pitcher #0

Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports the Yankees are willing to pay a portion of Marcus Stroman’s salary in order to facilitate a trade.

Stroman is due $18 million in 2025, and it’s likely the Yankees will need to eat a good amount of that salary in order to get him off the roster. The right-hander doesn’t appear to have a spot in the current rotation, and struggled to a 4.31 ERA and 131/60 K/BB over 154 2/3 innings in his first — and very possibly last —season with the Yankees. Stroman has obviously had success in his career, so it won’t be a surprise if someone takes a chance on him assuming the cost is minimal both financially and in the return.
Devin Williams

NYY Relief Pitcher #38

Yankees and RHP Devin Williams avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $8.6 million contract.

Williams had been projected by MLBTradeRumors.com to earn just $7.7 million in his final season of arbitration, so he appears to have done well for himself in his first negotiation with his new squad. Perhaps the Yankees could have been also buying some goodwill in an attempt to sign up to a long-term deal. Williams was as dominant as ever after returning from a serious back injury in 2024, compiling a 1.25 ERA, 0.97 WHIP and a 38/11 K/BB ratio over 21 2/3 innings. He’ll function as the Yankees’ closer and as long as he stays healthy should finish among the elite options at the position.
Clarke Schmidt

NYY Starting Pitcher #36

Yankees and RHP Clarke Schmidt avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $3.6 million contract.

Schmidt had been projected by MLBTradeRumors.com to earn $3.5 million in arbitration. The 28-year-old hurler had a dominant 2024 season for the Yankees when healthy, registering a 2.85 ERA, 1.18 WHIP and a 93/30 K/BB ratio over 85 1/3 innings in 16 starts. He makes for an intriguing mid-round option in early fantasy drafts, currently going outside the top 220 picks overall on average.

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