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2016 Yankees Roster Report Card: Tyler Clippard

Grade: B+

2016 Statistics: 69 G, 63 IP, 3.57 ERA, 4.21 FIP, 1.27 WHIP, 11.0 K/9, 3.6 BB/9 (MLB)
29 G, 25 13 IP, 2.49 ERA, 4.05 FIP, 1.22 WHIP, 9.2 K/9, 3.9 BB/9 (NYY)

2017 Roster Status: Owed $6.15 million through 2017

Nine years ago, the Yankees were going through a very rough stretch where seemingly all their starters were injured. So they made the decision to call up a skinny right-hander from Triple-A Scranton who had only made a handful of appearances above Double-A.