The Yankees have claimed right-hander Allan Winans off waivers from the Braves, who designated him for task earlier within the week, as first reported by Chase Ford of MiLB Central.
The 29-year-old Winans noticed massive league time with the Braves in each 2023 and 2024. He’s been hit onerous within the majors, yielding a 7.20 ERA in 40 frames, however has a robust monitor file in Triple-A. By way of 256 innings on the high minor league stage, Winans sports activities a 3.26 ERA, 21.8% strikeout fee and 6.9% stroll fee. He has a minor league possibility remaining, making him a candidate to provide the Yankees some depth within the beginning workers or size out of the bullpen.
Winans sits simply 90-91 mph along with his four-seamer and 89-90 mph along with his sinker, coupling these choices with a low-80s changeup and upper-70s slider. He’s excelled at limiting walks and piling up weak contact all through his time in Triple-A, which has helped to offset below-average velocity and bat-missing capabilities. Main league hitters haven’t made onerous contact with a lot frequency, however the onerous contact he does enable tends to be fairly loud; he’s averaged 1.80 homers per 9 frames and allowed 10% of his batted balls to be barreled up, per Statcast.
The Yankees have a number of open spots on their 40-man roster, so that they received’t essentially must make a corresponding transfer to accommodate Winans. He’ll compete for a spot on the Opening Day roster this spring, however with a crowded rotation that might result in a commerce of Marcus Stroman and a typically veteran bullpen, the Yankees appear likelier to open the yr with Winans in Triple-A — assuming he stays on the 40-man roster for the remainder of the offseason.
