At the start of a week where the Yankees could look to add a starter ahead of the trade deadline, they dealt some of their pitching depth in the minors.
Carlos Carrasco, who hasn’t pitched in the majors since May but carved out a brief role in the rotation earlier this season, was traded to the Braves in exchange for cash considerations, the team announced Monday.
He collected a 5.91 ERA across eight appearances — with six starts — this season in the majors and could help a Braves pitching staff that has dealt with crushing injuries this season, including to starters Chris Sale and Spencer Schwellenbach.
Carrasco, 38, was designated for assignment in May and again in June, but ended up with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre both times, compiling a 3.27 ERA across 11 appearances (10 starts).
He arrived in spring training on a minor league deal after spending three seasons with the Mets from 2021-23 and 2024 with the Guardians, and when Gerrit Cole, Luis Gil and Clarke Schmidt were all injured by the time the season began, Carrasco had earned one of the final rotation spots alongside Will Warren.
Yankees trade Carlos Carrasco to Braves.JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POST
He never pitched more than 5 ⅓ innings in an outing, but he did allow just one run and one hit against the Royals on April 14 and then tossed five shutout innings against the Blue Jays 11 days later.
Across his 16-year career, with the bulk of it spent in Cleveland, Carrasco has pitched to a career 4.18 ERA in 332 appearances (283 starts).
It marked the latest trade the Yankees have orchestrated ahead of Thursday’s deadline, with general manager Brian Cashman also acquiring Ryan McMahon from the Rockies and Amed Roasrio from the Nationals — providing two potential solutions to their woes at third base while also, with Rosario, giving them a dependable right-handed bat off the bench.
The Yankees parted with pitchers Griffin Herring, Josh Grosz and Clayton Beeter, as well as 18-year-old outfielder Browm Martinez, in the pair of trades.
