{"id":97340,"date":"2025-09-06T07:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T07:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=97340"},"modified":"2025-09-06T07:43:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T07:43:00","slug":"yankees-could-revive-late-inning-pitcher-after-dodgers-dfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=97340","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Could Revive Late Inning Pitcher After Dodgers DFA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Heavy-Thumbnail_20250905_102022_0000.png?w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Heavy-Thumbnail_20250905_102022_0000.png?w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Heavy-Thumbnail_20250905_102022_0000.png?w=1100&amp;quality=15&amp;strip=all 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Heavy-Thumbnail_20250905_102022_0000.png?w=1350&amp;quality=35&amp;strip=all 1350w\" alt=\"Yankees Could Revive Late Inning Pitcher After Dodgers DFA\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Imagn<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The New York Yankees didn\u2019t plan on auditioning relievers in September. Yet Devin Williams\u2019 spiral, Camilo Doval\u2019s volatility, and Jake Bird riding buses in Scranton have turned a theoretical luxury into a practical need. Into that mess walks a familiar name with a battered 2025 stat line and a still-loud upside: Alexis D\u00edaz, designated for assignment by the Dodgers on September 4.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>The Case For The Flyer<\/h2>\n<p>Let\u2019s start with what D\u00edaz isn\u2019t: he isn\u2019t eligible for your October roster if you claim him now. Because he wasn\u2019t in the organization by the Aug. 31 deadline, a waiver claim would make him a stretch-run bandaid, not a playoff weapon. That\u2019s a real cost.<\/p>\n<p>But the Yankees\u2019 problem is tonight as much as it is October. Their bullpen just melted down in Houston\u2014Williams walking the yard, Doval compounding it\u2014and the club can\u2019t keep handing away leverage while waiting for equilibrium to magically return. For a team in a race, \u201cget me a clean seventh\u201d has value all its own.<\/p>\n<p>D\u00edaz, 28, isn\u2019t far removed from being one of the sport\u2019s nastiest high-wire acts: an All-Star in 2023 and a 28-save season in 2024. He was lit up with the Reds early this year and only serviceable with the Dodgers (9 MLB innings, 5.00 ERA), but his career track record\u2014and the shape of his stuff when right\u2014still screams miss-bat relief. Financially, he\u2019s on a $4.5 million arb deal this season and remains under team control through 2027; a claim picks up only the small remainder of this year\u2019s salary and gives New York winter control to see if Matt Blake &amp; Co. can fix him.<\/p>\n<p>Mechanically, the Yankees would be betting on rediscovering finish on the four-seam\/slider combo and restoring chase. Baseball Savant shows the quality of contact against him spiked in 2025\u2014barrel rate and xwOBA both ugly\u2014yet that is often what the Yankees target with sequencing and release tweaks. They\u2019ve done it before. If Diaz\u2019s slider regains tilt and he stops living center-cut when behind, you\u2019re looking at a usable bridge who can shove for two weeks and audition for 2026.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>The Counterargument, And Why It Shouldn\u2019t Stop Them<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5481705\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Heavy-Thumbnail_20250905_102022_0001.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Heavy-Thumbnail_20250905_102022_0001.png 1920w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Heavy-Thumbnail_20250905_102022_0001.png?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Heavy-Thumbnail_20250905_102022_0001.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Heavy-Thumbnail_20250905_102022_0001.png?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Heavy-Thumbnail_20250905_102022_0001.png?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Heavy-Thumbnail_20250905_102022_0001.png?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Heavy-Thumbnail_20250905_102022_0001.png?resize=782,440 782w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Heavy-Thumbnail_20250905_102022_0001.png?resize=780,439 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Heavy-Thumbnail_20250905_102022_0001.png?resize=425,239 425w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Heavy-Thumbnail_20250905_102022_0001.png?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Heavy-Thumbnail_20250905_102022_0001.png?resize=267,150 267w\" alt=\"Yankees Could Revive Late Inning Pitcher After Dodgers DFA\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5481705\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5481705\">Getty<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yes, there\u2019s risk. D\u00edaz has been hittable all year, and the Dodgers, who badly need outs themselves, just decided he wasn\u2019t worth a 40-man seat. That\u2019s a data point. He also won\u2019t fix the postseason bullpen, which still lives or dies on Williams, Doval, Luke Weaver, David Bednar, and whoever else forces their way into trust. But New York\u2019s margin is thin enough that a single competent week from a waiver claim can swing a series or buy rest for arms that matter in October.<\/p>\n<p>Roster-wise, this is doable. Jake Bird remains in Triple-A after his disastrous introduction; the Yankees have already shown they\u2019ll churn that spot. If D\u00edaz clears waivers, the price becomes even friendlier as a minor-league pact with an immediate call-up. Either path requires a 40-man move, but that\u2019s the point of a DFA carousel in September: to take low-cost, medium-ceiling shots.<\/p>\n<p>And the alternatives? Hoping the zone stops squeezing Williams and Doval\u2019s command stops wandering is not a strategy. Williams\u2019 week from hell and Doval\u2019s balk\/wild-pitch combo underscored how fragile the late innings are right now. A D\u00edaz claim is not about replacing them; it\u2019s about raising the floor on the sixth and seventh so the eighth and ninth aren\u2019t constantly on fire.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verdict:<\/strong> Claim him. If another club beats you, no harm. If he lands in your room and Blake finds even 85% of the 2022-24 version, you\u2019ve bought real, immediate value for pocket change, and you retain winter rights to a still-prime reliever. Just make the move knowing exactly what it is: a September stabilizer, not an October savior.<\/p>\n<p>Alvin Garcia Born in Puerto Rico, Alvin Garcia is a sports writer for Heavy.com who focuses on MLB. His work has appeared on FanSided, LWOS, NewsBreak, Athlon Sports, and Yardbarker, covering mostly MLB. 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