Tommy Kahnle quickly became a fan favorite during his previous stint with the Yankees, and a full year recovered from Tommy John surgery finds himself back in the Bronx, signing a two-year, $11.5 million deal with New York today. The 33-year-old posted a 2.84 ERA, 2.39 xERA and 4.38 FIP, the latter number dragged by some bad home run luck in just 12 innings in 2022.
Since 2019, Kahnle has really turned into a two-pitch pitcher, offering a fastball and a changeup, the latter thrown about three-fourths of the time. In 2022, that changeup was one of the 20 best in all of baseball, and since 2019 he’s leveraged it as an effective tool against hitters on both sides of the plate.