BREAKING: Yankees sign former American League wins leader to minor league deal | Sporting News Canada

The New York Yankees are adding some veteran depth to the pitching staff just before pitchers and catchers report for spring training.

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According to Jack Curry of YES Network, the Yankees signed former New York Mets and Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco to a minor-league deal.

The contract includes a major-league base salary of $1.5 million with a chance to reach up to $2.5 million in performance bonuses, per Joel Sherman of The New York Post.

Though the Yankees already have a pretty stout starting rotation — and have been looking to offload the contract of Marcus Stroman — it seems there’s some hope they can get one last push from the 38-year-old.

The American League wins leader in 2017, Carrasco has spent the majority of his 15-year MLB career with Cleveland (2009-2019, 2024). He missed three months during the 2019 season after being diagnosed with Leukemia.

He also spent three seasons with the New York Mets (2021-2023).

Carrasco has been far from the pitcher who finished fourth in the American League Cy Young voting in 2017, but he did show some life in 2022 when he posted a 15-7 record with a 3.97 ERA with the Mets.

Even with that solid campaign, however, Carrasco owns a 5.32 ERA since the start of the 2021 season and is coming off a season with a 3-10 record and a 5.64 ERA in 103.2 innings with the Guardians.

A part of Carrasco’s first stint in Cleveland overlapped with Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake, who held a developmental role in the organization in 2016 and 2017.

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