A New York Yankees reliever looking to make the team in spring training has reinvited himself in a return from injury.
Last year, the Yankees prospect was largely happy just to be back on a mound. He had undergone Tommy John surgery as a freshman at the University of San Francisco. He finished collegiately at LSU, where he just about threw only a fastball and rode that fastball to become a fifth-round pick of the Yankees in 2022.
Watching New York Yankees reliever Scott Effross go down with another injury is a reminder of how volatile the MLB trade deadline can be. Effross, whom the Yankees acquired from the Chicago Cubs in 2022, has undergone Tommy John surgery and back surgery since that trade.
New York Yankees top prospect Jasson Dominguez was named as the player with the best power in the entire Yankees farm system on Thursday by MLB Pipeline. Doming
New York Yankees right-hander Scott Effross has a grade two hamstring strain, manager Aaron Boone told reporters Thursday, the latest setback for the injury-plagued reliever. Effross, 31, left his second spring training appearance after just one pitch Tuesday.