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Yankees acquire RHP Clay Holmes

The New York Yankees announced today that they have acquired RHP Clay Holmes from the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for INF Diego Castillo and INF Hoy Park.

 

Holmes, 28, is 3-2 with a 4.93 ERA (42.0IP, 35H, 24R/23ER, 25BB, 44K, 3HR) in 44 relief appearances with the Pirates this season. He has not allowed a run in 32 of 44 appearances this year, allowing 14 of his 24 runs in three outings (4/6 at Cincinnati, 6/11 at Milwaukee and 7/20 at Arizona). The Dothan, Ala., native has held right-handed batters to a .173/.277/.194 (17-for-98) slash line this season.

 

Over four Major League seasons with Pittsburgh (2018-21), he has gone 5-7 with a 5.57 ERA (119.2IP, 112H, 81R/74ER, 84BB, 122K, 10HR) in 91 appearances (four starts).

 

The right-handed pitcher was originally selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the ninth round of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft.

 

Castillo, 23, has batted .269 (532-for-1,976) with 277R, 89 doubles, 15 triples, 19HR, 206RBI, 145BB and 51SB in 510 games over six minor league seasons (2015-19, ā€™21). In 58 games with Double-A Somerset this season, he has hit .277 (62-for-224) with 44R, 18 doubles, 11HR, 32RBI, 21BB and 8SB. The Barquisimeto, Venezuela, native was originally signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on July 2, 2014.

 

Park, 25, saw his first Major League action in 2021, appearing in one game for the Yankees on 7/16 vs. Boston. In 58 games with Double-A Somerset and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre this season, he batted .307/.452/.530 (62-for-202) with 48R, 10 doubles, 1 triple, 11HR, 32RBI, 52BB and 11SB. Over six minor league seasons (2015-19, ā€™21), he has hit .255 (519-for-2,034) with 335R, 77 doubles, 30 triples, 34HR, 210RBI, 330BB and 118SB in 556 games. The Seoul, South Korea, native was originally signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on July 2, 2014.

 

To make room on the 40-man roster, the Yankees returned replacement player C Rob Brantly to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

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