According to Jon Heyman and Joel Sherman, the Yankees have signed journeyman right-hander Danny Farquhar to a minor league contract. This will be Farquhar’s second stint in the organization. The Yankees claimed him off waivers from the Athletics in June 2012, then traded him to the Mariners in the Ichiro Suzuki deal a month later.
No matter what he does on the field this season, this is a wonderful story because Farquhar is coming back from a life-threatening brain hemorrhage. While with the White Sox last April he collapsed in the dugout following a relief appearance and had to be rushed to the hospital.