Tonight is the deadline for teams to set their 40-man roster for next month’s Rule 5 Draft and the Yankees announced just one one roster addition: Joe Harvey, a right-handed reliever. There are now 39 players on the 40-man roster. The deadline is 8pm ET, so more moves could be on the way.
Harvey, 26, was the Yankees’ 19th round pick in 2014. He was a trusted late-inning reliever for Triple-A Scranton this past season, throwing 54.1 innings with a 1.66 ERA (2.49 FIP) with a very good strikeout rate (28.5%) and an okay walk rate (9.8%). He’s a mid-90s fastball guy with a curveball and something resembling a changeup.