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The New York Yankees have announced that they signed veteran right-handed starter Paul Blackburn, who spent his 2025 season with the New York Mets.<\/p>\n
An All-Star back in 2022, Blackburn has spent time with both the Mets and Athletics, sporting a career 4.96 ERA and 4.38 FIP.<\/p>\n
In 2025, he\u2019s struggled mightily to the tune of a 6.85 ERA and 4.38 FIP, but the Yankees will use him out of the bullpen with the hope of having a multi-inning arm for now.<\/p>\n
With Fernando Cruz nearing a return from the IL, New York has a clear lane to bring him back onto the roster, as Blackburn\u2019s time in the Bronx could be short-lived.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: The Yankees found a gem in super utility man under contract until 2030<\/strong><\/p>\n A crafty veteran, Paul Blackburn features six pitches including a cutter, sinker, sweeper, curveball, changeup, and four-seamer.<\/p>\n He tries to mix-in all six pitches to keep hitters off balance, and the velocity of his heaters have improved marginally over the years.<\/p>\n The lack of overpowering stuff or velocity makes it hard for him to generate whiffs, and the Yankees will likely be using him as a low-leverage multi-inning arm.<\/p>\n Blackburn has pitched out of the bullpen before, but has a 9.33 ERA and 12.6% K% in his career in that reliever role.<\/p>\n He made two appearances this season as a reliever with the Mets, allowing nine runs in 9.1 innings pitched.<\/p>\n The Red Sox will come into town to open a four-game set against the Yankees, as these two teams square off in a pivotal series for their playoff odds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The New York Yankees have announced that they signed veteran right-handed starter Paul Blackburn, who spent his 2025 season with the New York Mets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":92165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\nPaul Blackburn Signs MLB Deal With the Yankees<\/h2>\n
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