On January 21, 2019, the New York Yankees signed journeyman reliever Danny Farquhar to a minor league deal with an invitation to Spring Training. Farquhar is not just another depth pick up for the Yankees, he’s the survivor of a serious illness that knocked him out of the sport for nearly a year.
On April 20, 2018, Farquhar went to the dugout after pitching and collapsed. It was later learned that he had suffered a ruptured aneurysm which caused his brain to hemorrhage. He was lucky to be alive and determined to return to Major League Baseball.