After a long road to a return from Tommy John surgery that was extended when he suffered three broken ribs in spring training, right-handed pitcher JT Brubaker is finally set for his Yankees debut.
Brubaker will be activated ahead of Wednesday’s game against the Angels, reports Robert Murray of FanSided.
He last pitched in the majors in 2022, when he was still with the Pirates — where he spent the first three (and only, to this point) seasons of his big league career.
The Yankees swung a trade for Brubaker last March, when they acquired him from Pittsburgh for international bonus pool money and a player to be named later — that player turned out to be prospect Keiner Delgado.
Brubaker has a career 4.99 ERA (4.43 FIP) and 1.38 WHIP with 324 strikeouts in 315.2 innings.
He worked almost exclusively as a starter with Pittsburgh, starting 61 games and working in relief twice.
The Yankees’ current starting rotation consists of Max Fried, Carlos Rodon, Clarke Schmidt, Ryan Yarbrough, and Will Warren, so the safe bet is that Brubaker will be deployed as a reliever who has the potential to go multiple innings at a time.
Brubaker made six appearances (all starts) while rehabbing in the minors.
In his most recent game, for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Brubaker tossed five hitless innings while allowing one run, walking two, and striking out three.
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