Friday at 8 pm ET was the deadline for MLB clubs to add Rule-5 eligible players to the 40-man roster to protect them from the draft in December, which forced the New York Yankees to do a lot of housecleaning.
The team placed utilityman Dustin Ackley on release waivers before the deadline and also designated pitchers Nathan Eovaldi, Joe Mantiply, and Nick Rumbelow for assignment, removing them from the big league roster.
The biggest name from this group is 26-year-old Nathan Eovaldi, who many thought was beginning to capitalize on his impressive stuff and establish himself as a front-of-the-rotation arm after a strong finish to the 2015 campaign.