Ryan Buchter chose free agency over a trip to the Los Angeles Angels’ Alternate Site. Almost immediately after hitting the market, the 33-year-old signed with the New York Yankees.
His new team promptly shipped him off to join their own battalion of rostered backups in Scranton.
The Yankees announced that they’d signed Buchter to a minor league deal via Twitter on Thursday. According to the tweet, the two parties had reached an agreement on Sept. 7.
On 9/7, the Yankees signed LHP Ryan Buchter to a minor league contract, added him to the 60-man roster, and assigned him to the Alternate Site.