The Yankees announced that right-hander Cody Poteet has been reinstated from the 60-day injured list and optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. To open a 40-man roster spot, fellow righty Ron Marinaccio has been designated for assignment.
Poteet landed on the 15-day injured list in June due to a right triceps strain, eventually getting transferred to the 60-day IL. He started a rehab assignment on August 20 and was coming to the 30-day limit for that assignment, meaning he had to be added back to the roster. He’ll give the Yanks some extra rotation depth for the next little bit but they’re highly unlikely to need it. They currently have a mix of Gerrit Cole, Carlos Rodón, Clarke Schmidt, Nestor Cortes and Luis Gil, with Marcus Stroman bumped into a long relief role.
Marinaccio, now 29, had a strong debut in 2022. He tossed 44 innings for the Yankees that year, allowing 2.05 earned runs per nine. His 13.3% walk rate was on the high side but he overcame that with a 30.9% strikeout rate.
Since then, his results have declined a bit. In 47 1/3 innings last year, he posted a 3.99 ERA. His 13.2% walk rate was almost an exact match from the previous year but his strikeout rate dropped to 27.3%. Here in 2024, he has been frequently shuttled back and forth between the Yankees and the Triple-A RailRiders. In his 23 1/3 big league innings, he has a 3.86 ERA. He reduced his walk rate to 10.1% but his strikeouts also dropped to 25.3%. In 39 2/3 innings for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, he has a 2.04 ERA, 25.8% strikeout rate and 8.8% walk rate.
There are some intriguing results in there but the righty is in his final option year and has already been sent down five times this season, so the Yanks weren’t going to have the same roster flexibility with him going forward.
They will have to put him on waivers in the coming days. He won’t be postseason eligible with any acquiring club, so there would be little short term appeal to a claim, but some club could grab him as a long-term play. He has just over two years of service time, meaning he still won’t be arbitration eligible as of this winter and would come with four years of club control beyond the current campaign.
28rings
surprising move – he had more 4 years of team control
thickiedon
O’s should lunge at this one
Ferpad
He won’t make it to the Orioles. At least 10 teams would claim him before the Orioles could claim him (as it it based on current record).
imissjoebuzas
White Sox should make the claim as they are first in line ( unless they are asleep at the wheel).
Old York
Ron Marinaccio: 3.74 SIERA.
League SIERA is 4.00, so he’s pitching better than the league average. Too bad. Even had a 25% K-rate and a 10% BB-rate. Should see him again in the future.
Zippy the Pinhead
Why wouldn’t any team grab him off waivers? I’m missing something here.
28rings
he’s only been on waivers for 14 minutes
Yankee Clipper
This move makes little sense to me, especially considering the DFA candidates (who they coincidentally picked up as already-DFA’d players) that they retained waaaaaaaaay too long.
Ronk325
This is definitely a bit puzzling but it didn’t seem like they viewed Ron very highly. I think Mayza is the offseason project for this year similar to Weaver last year so they weren’t going to DFA him
YankeesBleacherCreature
Yep. I really liked Ron too. Stinks for the young man but hopefully he’ll get his chance to stick in some other teams’ pen.
FemboySportsFan!
What are the Yankees doing lmao?
28rings
he had a better ERA than Mayza, Hamilton, Gomez, Leiter, Bickford, Effross & Warren THIS YEAR
Ferpad
Ridiculous. Probably since he was upset at being yo-yo’d all year. Yet the Yankees keep adding guys all year with no options (then refuse to cut them for “depth”).
Marinaccio will easily be claimed by A’s,
White Sox, Angels, etc. I can’t believe they wouldn’t hold on them trade him in the off-season.
Ferpad
Why not cut Duke Ellis? They already have Berti back for pinch-running.
Ok Yankees Fan
It would be smarter to resurrect Dock Ellis from the grave and put him in the bullpen to replace Holmes, who really should be DFA’d.
LFGMets (Metsin7) #BannedForBeingABaseballExpert
Looking at Marinaccio’s stats, they look about league average to even slightly better. He must be like Drew Smith if the Yankees are just getting rid of him and not giving him any chances. He probably only pitches well in blowouts and pitches awful when the game is on the line like Drew Smith
whyhayzee
They use Cousins every other game for two months and then pull him out. Duh. So then they DFA this guy because they didn’t use him every other game for two months? They make no sense. Let’s only keep the guys we can burn out?
StudWinfield
Marinaccio, despite having decent results, has no plus stuff which doesn’t make him anything close to a high leverage option. It’s obvious from this move that he wasn’t going to be carried on the off-season 40, he’ll be out of options and did not fit into a playoff bullpen. Even if he clears waivers he’ll still be a free agent at the end of the year. I would not be surprised if he last a few more years in mlb but it will be as a backend bullpen arm who stays healthy.
Mikenmn
Cashman’s acuity never ceases to dazzle.
jerseyjohn
I’m surprised it wasn’t Ellis but… People are losing their minds about this move. Dude can’t throw strikes and doesn’t have overpowering stuff. Unless he improves his control he’s nothing special. Ellis can’t hit and is unlikely to learn so I would have cut him. Marinaccio would then become the 40th man on my hypothetical roster.
28rings
ESPECIALLY with Cousins getting injured last night – we have Berti, we don’t really NEED Ellis… but I would have gotten rid of Leiter instead of Ron
Joe says...
Can’t get rid of Leiter. That would mean that Cashman is admitting he blew it with the bullpen at the trade deadline.
Mikenmn
awful trade for Leiter.
baseballpurist
Politely disagree about his stuff. His breaking pitches can be dynamite and he’s got enough giddy up on the fastball. I’m very surprised they gave up on him.
jerseyjohn
I’d have kept him as well. On the negative side, he’s 28 and hasn’t shown an ability to throw strikes consistently. his BB/9 rate is 4.8 and he went through a Steve Blass phase last year in the minors where he was walking more than a dude per inning. If it clicks someone has a free middle reliever. I fail to see what upside Duke brings but I guess he’s an option for PR in the playoffs (even though we have Berti).
jdgoat
@Atkins
baseballpurist
Wow. This kids got really good stuff when he’s dialed in and has shown that he can perform in high-leverage situations. Somebody might have them a gem.
mlbnyyfan
Yankees needed to release Holmes like Kimbrel. Ronnie never given a chance much like Joba several years ago.
YankeesBleacherCreature
The Yankees gave Joba around 400 MLB innings.
Acoss1331
White Sox need to jump on this guy. Very good 2025 trade deadline candidate freebie from the Yankees here. Thanks Cashman!
YanksPhan42
Total stupidity. I’d take him over Leiter in 2 seconds
larkraxm
I trust that if Matt Blake thinks this kid hit his ceiling, then it is probably true.
mlbnyyfan
@YanksPhan. I agree with you 110%
unglar
Upsetting to lose him while Mayza, Ellis, and Leiter all look like less valuable pieces. Leiter was a fine roll of the dice they could harness his strikeout potential but it didn’t work, he doesn’t have options and is getting paid, I feel like this is going to be a mistake.
nitemare
GOOD! He is trash all around!
bdvl83
So in OOTP25 I’m playing as the Rockies and I traded a low level prospect for Ron after the Yankees DFAed him. He’s now my 5x All Star stud closer. The Yankees should think about that before they make the mistake again.
Mediasavvy
More bad decision-making from the worst baseball leadership money can buy.
I would have dumped nepo-baby, Leiter or Bombs Away’ Warren in a heartbeat. But Cashman and his gang of overprivileged, worthless idiots prefer nepo-babies like themselves. Everyone else has to endlessly ‘prove themselves’, while the privileged get endless chances to fail upwards.
No wonder the Yankees never last in the post season:. Cashman, Boone, Levine, Trost and Steinbrenner.
Get ’em before he’s gone, baseball professionals, Marinaccio has talent. The Yankee front office has none.
Zippy the Pinhead
He wears White Sox now.