Feb 20, 2017
Report: Yanks to sign Niese to minor-league contract
Pending a physical, the New York Yankees will sign left-hander Jon Niese to a minor-league deal, reports The New York Post's Joel Sherman.
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Pending a physical, the New York Yankees will sign left-hander Jon Niese to a minor-league deal, reports The New York Post's Joel Sherman.
As a starter with the New York Mets from 2010-15, he had a 3.86 ERA.
He was dealt to the Pittsburgh Pirates last winter, posting a 4.91 ERA, 6.5 K/9 and 1.87 K.BB over 110 innings.
He was traded back to the Mets in August, but pitched only 11 innings in his second stint with the team before undergoing season-ending arthroscopic surgery for a torn left meniscus.
The Mets declined Niese’s 2017 $10 million option, instead paying him a $500,000 buyout.