MLB Rumors: Kirby Yates and the Texas Rangers are in agreement on a free agent contract, per reports. Ken Rosenthal says it is a one year deal.
The Rangers, as we have discussed, have a need for bullpen help this offseason, and Yates is a relief pitcher, so that checks. The righthander, who turns 36 in March, missed all of 2021 and most of 2022 due to Tommy John surgery. He rebounded strongly in 2023, however, putting up a 3.28 ERA in 61 appearances for the Atlanta Braves, albeit with a 4.63 FIP and a 4.51 xERA.
Yates bumped around early on in his career, but in 2018 and 2019, he put up a 1.