Breaking News: The Yankees sign former Mets sensational pitcher on the free agent market..

This offseason, the New York Yankees may be done making major deals. General manager Brian Cashman is seeking to improve around the edges of his roster as spring training draws near, which makes sense given chairman Hal Steinbrenner’s recent remarks praising the “difficulty” of keeping up with the Los Angeles Dodgers’ spending. The Yankees were successful in getting one of the top players to accept terms on a minor league contract on Monday, proving that there are still enough of them available on the free agent market.

After facing the Yankees twice in the postseason throughout his lengthy and illustrious career, free agent pitcher Carlos Carrasco is set to begin spring training with the team, according to several sources on Monday. The arrangement was initially reported on Twitter/X by Jack Curry of the YES Network. In portions of his 15 seasons with the Cleveland Guardians and New York Mets, 37-year-old Carrasco is 110-103. Last season, he pitched 103.2 innings for Cleveland and was 3-10 with a 5.64 ERA. Carrasco received votes for the American League Cy Young Award in 2015 and 2017 and was the recipient of the Roberto Clemente Award in 2019. Carrasco helped Cleveland end the longest span between World Series trips in the American League in 2016 with a strong 3.32 ERA in 25 starts.

Carrasco pitched 5.2 scoreless innings against the Yankees in Game 3 of the 2017 AL Division Series, which the Yankees won 1-0 to avoid elimination after trailing 2-0 in the best-of-five series. Before succumbing to the Astros in the AL Championship Series, New York rallied to defeat Cleveland. Carrasco let up four runs in the final 10-9 Cleveland defeat in 2020 after starting Game 2 of the AL Wild Card series against the Yankees.