SARASOTA, Florida—The Orioles’ most pleasant decision may be how to choose eight pitchers from a deep bullpen. Their task got a little easier on Saturday when they optioned two pitchers, right-hander Kaleb Ort and left-hander Matt Krook to their minor league camp.
The left-hander has been an Oriole for all of two weeks, but you can never have too many lefty relievers, right? How he got here: Acquired from the New York Yankees for cash considerations 2/16/2024 Don’t look now, all you Matt Krook fans, but your guy may be carving out a role for himself in the Orioles bullpen.
SARASOTA—Outfielder Anthony Santander is beginning his eighth season with the Orioles and is eager to start what he thinks will be another special year for the team.
SARASOTA, Florida-What’s happening?-Position players must report by Monday. As of Sunday, three players — Anthony Santander, Jorge Mateo and newly acquired outfielder Peyton Burdick — had yet to report.
The New York Yankees traded left-hander Matt Krook to the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday for cash considerations. The Yankees designated Krook for assignment on Tuesday in order to claim infielder Jordan Groshans off waivers from Miami.
The Yankees have been making small moves in the bullpen to help support their pitching staff for the 2024 season. This past week, they signed Lou Trivino to a one-year contract and acquired left-handed reliever Clayton Andrews from the Milwaukee Brewers.
The reliever made his big league debut last year and struggled badly in four innings of work.
The Yankees have been making minor moves over the past few days leading up to spring training. With pitchers and catchers set to report this week, the Bombers decided to release one of their former prospects, Matt Krook.
The New York Yankees designated a former first-round draft pick for assignment on Monday, per the MLB Transaction wire. The Yankees designated pitcher Matt Krook for assignment.
The 12th overall pick from the 2018 MLB Draft is now a Yankee. We’re two days away from pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training and the Yankees are making the final touches to their position player depth.
The New York Yankees suffered a 9–2 defeat to the Milwaukee Brewers for the second consecutive night on Saturday. The offense could only muster four hits and racked up nine strikeouts, but the real issue lay with the team’s pitching.
As the New York Yankees prepare for their second showdown against the Detroit Tigers in a three-game series this Wednesday, the team’s dynamics are shifting.
The New York Yankees are poised to take on the St. Louis Cardinals in a doubleheader on Saturday. Following Friday night’s unfortunate rainout, the Yankees will be deploying Luis Severino for Game 1, with a bullpen game scheduled for the evening contest.
Clarke Schmidt has begun to show some signs with his cutter; despite less than stellar debut, Matt Krook is a potential diamond in the rough; some injury updates; Yankees speak on hitting slump; Yankees’ dads give some Father’s Day advice.
Bleh, yuck, and things of that nature. I have good and bad news for you if you caught this game from the start — the bad news is it was over fast, but the good news is that you could tune out quick as well.
One lefty swaps in for another, and Randy Vásquez is expected up to take Cortes’ rotation spot tonight. The Yankees have known since Sunday that lefty starter Nestor Cortes was going to need a stint on the injured list.
Franchy Cordero and Matt Krook were all sent down to make room for Giancarlo Stanton, Josh Donaldson, and Tommy Kahnle. Oswaldo Cabrera’s rookie breakout in 2022 was always a bit of a surprise.
The New York Yankees have found themselves relying heavily on their younger players over recent weeks. Given the spate of injuries and suspensions, the Bombers have had to summon both starting pitching reinforcement and youthful bullpen arms.
The Yankees announced this morning that the club has recalled left-hander Matt Krook to the big league club following the decision last night to option right-hander Randy Vasquez to Triple-A.
If the 28-year-old gets into a game, it will be his MLB debut. The Yankees were happy to get 4.2 solid innings from Randy Vásquez in his MLB debut last night, but since they’ll get Domingo Germán back from suspension on Monday in Seattle, they wanted to get a fresh arm to take Vásquez’s roster spot.
Up until a couple of weeks ago, the Yankees seemed to have an extremely strong group of five starting pitchers.
The Yankees said goodbye to one of their only left-handed relievers last week, designating Lucas Luetge for assignment in order to make room for Tommy Kahnle on the 40-man roster. It was a bit of a surprising move.
The Yankees announced they’ve selected pitchers Jhony Brito and Matt Krook onto the 40-man roster. New York also outrighted outfielder Tim Locastro off the roster, and the speedster elected minor league free agency upon clearing waivers.
The southpaw projects as a potential reliever for the Yanks despite a lack of control. With a 3.17 ERA in 76.2 Triple-A innings last year (after a stellar showing in Double-A), the arrow was pointing up for left-handed pitcher Matt Krook, despite his 5.75 BB/K in Scranton.
The left-hander had an impressive spring debut, and could make an impact in the majors this year if he can straighten out his control. Lost in Tuesday’s 9-2 spring defeat at the hands of the Toronto Blue Jays, the Yankees had a long look at one of their most impressive minor leaguers in 2021.
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