Last Monday the Yankees and the Red Sox reached an agreement for right-hander Adam Ottavino to land in Boston alongside another New York prospect. With that, the Big Apple board saved $ 8 million from its payroll for 2021.
During the noon of this Wednesday, the journalist Lindsey Adler of The Athletic, announced that the The Yankees had already signed on to replace Ottavino. This is the right-handed veteran of 38 years, Darren O’Day, who goes accepted a one-year contract in exchange for $ 2.5 million, In addition to a club option for the 2022 campaign. You still need to pass a physical exam before the deal ends
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O’Day, will integrate as an experienced arm into a formidable Yankees bullpen. Most expected O’Day to return with the Braves in 2021, given a club option, however, Atlanta chose not to accept and therefore became a free agent.
The long-running relief was not only strong in 2020. The right has long been a high-quality piece in the big ones, dating back to its second season in the Grand Tent in 2009 with the Texas Rangers.
Although in recent years he has struggled with several injuries, he is still one of the most respected relief serpentine in the best baseball in the world. For 13 seasons between Angelino, Mets, Orioles, Rangers and Atlanta, he recorded a lifetime effectiveness of 2.51, an average of 9.4 K / 9 strikeouts, in just over 576 innings.