{"id":14097,"date":"2024-12-04T00:20:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T00:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=14097"},"modified":"2024-12-04T00:20:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T00:20:48","slug":"breaking-yankees-tommy-kahnle-could-reunite-again-after-relievers-world-series-meltdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=14097","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Yankees, Tommy Kahnle could reunite again after reliever\u2019s World Series meltdown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Yankees have acquired Tommy Kahnle on three different occasions. Could there be a fourth time for the right-hander in The Bronx?<\/p>\n

There is interest from both sides on a potential reunion for Kahnle, who had a strong season with the Yankees and pitched fairly well in the playoffs until an ugly final outing that helped cost the Yankees in their season-ending loss to the Dodgers in Game 5 of the World Series, when Kahnle was called upon to protect a one-run lead in the eighth inning and allowed all three batters he faced to reach base.<\/p>\n

Afterward, Kahnle expressed a desire to stay with the team that first drafted him in 2010, traded for him in 2017 and signed him as a free agent following the 2022 season.<\/p>\n

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Tommy Kahnle pitches during the World Series for the Yankees. Jason Szenes \/ New York Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kahnle was part of a relief corps that was at times dominant, while lacking in big names. He\u2019s one of three key members of the pen on the open market, along with Clay Holmes and lefty Tim Hill.<\/p>\n

Holmes seems likely to land elsewhere and, as The Post\u2019s Joel Sherman reported, has drawn interest as a starting pitcher.<\/p>\n

Hill, claimed off waivers by the Yankees after the White Sox released him in July, emerged as a much-needed left-handed weapon after other options like Victor Gonzalez failed.<\/p>\n

Hill, who turns 35 in February, is also expected to have a healthy market and there are more than a handful of teams interested in Kahnle.<\/p>\n

For the Yankees, they\u2019re looking at a pen potentially anchored by Luke Weaver after he proved to be a capable closer, as well as other reclamation projects that remain on the roster like Ian Hamilton and Jake Cousins.<\/p>\n

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Tommy Kahnle reacts during Game 1 of the World Series. Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mark Leiter Jr. will be back despite an inconsistent few months in The Bronx after arriving in a trade from the Cubs. Scott Effross is another trade deadline acquisition from Chicago \u2014 in 2022 \u2014 who hasn\u2019t regained his form after Tommy John surgery two years ago.<\/p>\n

Kahnle is comfortable with the Yankees, who clearly like the reliever, who\u2019s been nagged by injuries through much of his career.<\/p>\n

Although he\u2019s put up solid numbers, Kahnle hasn\u2019t pitched more than the 42 \u00b2\/\u2083 regular-season innings he put up this past season since 2019. He\u2019s missed time each of the past two years with right shoulder inflammation.<\/p>\n