Yankees release RHP Nathan Eovaldi, LHP Joe Mantiply and RHP Nick Rumbelow
Nathan Eovaldi pitches to a Tampa Bay Rays batter.(AP)
The Yankees announced on Monday that they had unconditionally released RHP Nathan Eovaldi, LHP Joe Mantiply and RHP Nick Rumbelow.
Eovaldi spent the past two seasons in New York following a trade with the Miami Marlins prior to the 2015 season. The hard-throwing right-hander went 23-11 with a 4.45 ERA during his stint in the Bronx, setting a career high in wins with 14 in 2015. But Eovaldi failed to build on his breakout campaign in 2016, pitching to just a 4.76 ERA in 21 starts this past season, before succumbing to season-ending surgery.
Joe Mantiply had only recently been acquired by the Yankees after spending the 2016 season with the Detroit Tigers. The 25-year-old has made only five appearances in his big-league career, posting a 16.18 ERA in his 2.2 innings of work in the majors.
Nick Rumbelow has spent his entire four-year professional career as a member of the Yankees organization, seeing his only big-league experience during the 2015 season when he pitched to a 4.02 ERA in 17 appearances. The 25-year-old right-hander missed the entire 2016 season after suffering an elbow injury in April that forced him to have Tommy John surgery. [
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