Braves pick up former All-Star Kirby Yates for bullpen
The Atlanta Braves bolstered their World Series-winning bullpen Monday by signing right-hander Kirby Yates to a two-year, $8.25 million dealNOVEMBER 30, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
KIRBY YATES #39 - PITCHER - TEXAS RANGERS
7-2 W-L •
0.83 WHIP •
1.17 ERA
7-2 W-L
0.83 WHIP
1.17 ERA
Braves sign Yates to 2-yr., $8.25 million deal ATLANTA -- On Monday, the Braves signed RHP Kirby Yates to a two-year contract worth $8.25 million guaranteed. Yates will make $1 million ne...
NOVEMBER 30, 2021 • MLB.COM
Lands in Atlanta Yates (elbow) signed a two-year, $8.25 million contract with Atlanta on Monday which includes a team option for a third season at $5.75 million, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.
Impact Yates was arguably the best reliever in the league over his last two full seasons, riding a 38.7 percent strikeout rate to 53 saves and a 1.67 ERA. Those seasons came in 2018 and 2019, however, as he missed almost the entirely of the last two years due to multiple injuries. He most recently underwent Tommy John surgery in late March, a procedure which will likely wipe out much of his 2022 season in addition to all of 2021. There's a chance Atlanta has landed a top-tier pitcher for the 2022 stretch run and beyond with this deal, but Yates will turn 35 in March, adding plenty of age-related risk to an already risky profile and giving him a very low floor to go along with his high ceiling.
NOVEMBER 30, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
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