The New York Yankees designated one other former Los Angeles Dodgers reliever for project on Sunday, the crew confirmed on X (previously Twitter).
Phil Bickford’s minor league contract was chosen to New York’s roster on June 21, and the veteran righty allowed eight earned runs over 5 innings in 5 appearances. In a corresponding transfer, the Yankees chosen the contract of Josh Maciejewski from Triple-A.
Nearly all of the harm carried out towards Bickford got here on Saturday when he was charged for 5 runs in simply two-thirds of an inning of reduction work within the Yankees’ 9-3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.
That is Bickford’s third journey to the waiver wire in his profession. He’s out of choices so the Yankees needed to designate him and danger dropping him on waivers earlier than the membership is free to outright him off the 40-man roster.
Bickford leaves the Yankees with a sky-high ERA of 14.40 nevertheless it was a small pattern dimension contemplating the variety of innings he pitched. Over elements of 5 huge league seasons, he has a file of 11-8 with a 4.70 ERA, two saves, 21 holds, and 208 strikeouts in 185.2 innings.
The previous first-round choose of the San Francisco Giants debuted with the Milwaukee Brewers earlier than spending elements of 2021 and 2022 with the Dodgers.
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