The Yankees introduced that infielder J.D. Davis has been launched whereas infielder/outfielder Jahmai Jones has been despatched outright to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Davis has already cleared waivers and is a free agent, per Jon Heyman of The New York Publish on X.
Davis, 31, started his yr by successful an arbitration listening to towards the Giants, or so he thought. He was in line to make $6.9MM this yr however the Giants launched him after they signed Matt Chapman to take over their third base job.
Per the foundations of the collective bargaining settlement, arbitration salaries should not assured if the 2 sides go to a listening to, so the Giants solely needed to give Davis about $1.1MM in termination pay in letting him go. He landed with the A’s however solely secured a $2.5MM assure on that deal.
With Oakland, he missed a while with a proper adductor pressure and hit a tepid .236/.304/.366 for a wRC+ of 96. He was flipped to the Yankees, who principally stored him in a bench function, as Davis solely bought into seven video games in over a month on the roster. He was designated for task when the Yanks acquired Jazz Chisholm Jr. and the opposite 29 golf equipment evidently handed on the prospect to seize Davis off waivers.
The Yanks will stay on the hook for what’s left of his wage, which is round $775K. Another membership may signal him for the prorated league minimal wage for any time spent on the roster, with that quantity subtracted from what the Yankees pay. He hit .268/.352/.443 from 2019 to 2023 for a wRC+ of 120 and that previous efficiency may maybe intrigue another golf equipment.
As for Jones, it’s a bit extra shocking to see him go unclaimed. Roughly half the groups within the league have open 40-man roster spots within the wake of the commerce deadline. Jones just isn’t too far faraway from being a notable prospect and has not but certified for arbitration, which means he’s making a league minimal wage. He’s out of choices and would have wanted an energetic roster spot with any claiming staff, however may have been managed for 5 further seasons past this one.
He has hit simply .198/.257/.278 in his main league profession however with out getting a lot of an opportunity, as he’s nonetheless by no means reached 75 plate appearances in a season. He was claimed by the Yankees again in February however was solely despatched to the plate 47 instances in his stretch of about 4 months on the roster, getting designated for task when Giancarlo Stanton got here off the injured record.
Previous to exhausting his possibility years, his work within the minors was robust. Over the 2021 to 2023 seasons, he took a stroll in 15.2% of his plate appearances, solely getting struck out 21.8% of the time. He hit a mixed .254/.378/.441 in that point for a 114 wRC+. He additionally stole 25 bases in 34 tries whereas enjoying all three outfield spots, second base and even a little bit of third base.
On prime of that strong minor league work, he’s a former second-round choose who appeared on some prime 100 prospect lists a number of years in the past, however he nonetheless went unclaimed on waivers. Since that is his first profession outright and he has lower than three years of service time, he doesn’t have the correct to elect free company right now. He’ll report back to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre for now however will qualify for minor league free company at season’s finish if he’s not added again to the roster.
