News of the Yankees signing sidearming reliever Darren O’Day broke two weeks ago, but it took a little while for it to be officially announced. A roster move was almost certainly coming in the form of either a trade or the ol’ “designate for assignment.”
Today, that transaction went through. As expected, O’Day was signed to a one-year contract with a player/club option for 2022.* To clear room on the 40-man roster, Brian Cashman designated reliever Ben Heller for assignment. The Yankees now have seven days to trade him or put him on waivers.