The Yankees have signed left-hander to a minor league deal, as reported by . The southpaw had previously been pitching for the Rangerss Triple-A affiliate in Round Rock on a but evidently opted out of that deal and returned to the open market at some point since his last appearance with them on June 14. Shreve, who will celebrate his 34th Eloy Jimenez Jersey birthday next month, is a veteran of ten MLB seasons who first made his big league debut with the Braves back in 2014. Shreve was swapped to the Bronx the following offseason alongside in exchange for . In parts of four seasons with the Yankees, Shreve pitched to a 3.92 ERA with a 4.99 FIP acro s 180 relief appearances. He was then packaged with right-hander and shipped to the Cardinals in exchange for first baseman partway through the 2019 season. Since leaving the Bronx, Shreve has pitched for the Mets, Pirates, Tigers, and Reds at the big league level in addition to the aforementioned Cardinals. Hes posted a 4.26 ERA thats exactly league average by measure of ERA+ over 169 innings of work, including a roughly league average performance with Detroit and Cincinnati last year. In 44 2/3 innings of work acro s 50 appearances, Shreve pitched to a 4.63 ERA and 4.28 FIP with a solid 23.3% strikeout rate against a 7.3% walk rate. During his time on a minor league deal with Texas, Shreve has looked nothing short of dominant at Triple-A with a 1.61 ERA in 22 1/3 innings acro s 20 appearances while striking out 29.6% of batters faced. If he could recreate anything close to those numbers at the big league level hed certainly be a welcome addition to the Yankees bullpen, which has lost , , and since the season began while also watching pieces like and struggle. It seems likely that Shreve will head to Triple-A for the time being, although it would hardly be a surprise to see the club call upon the veteran at some point in the near future, particularly after they recently DFAd lefties and earlier this week. Joey Krehbiel Jersey