TORONTO — The Yankees are giving Clayton Beeter another shot in the big leagues.
The club called up the starter-turned-reliever on Wednesday for bullpen help while designating Geoff Hartlieb for assignment after he threw 43 pitches in Tuesday’s 12-5 loss to the Blue Jays.
Beeter, 26, has pitched well at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre since returning from a shoulder injury to start the year, with a 1.02 ERA and 29 strikeouts in 17 2/3 innings — though he has walked 14 in that span.
The right-hander, acquired from the Dodgers for Joey Gallo three years ago, will try to offer some relief for a bullpen that has been beat up of late, both in injuries (the biggest blow being Fernando Cruz’s high-grade oblique strain) and workload.
The Yankees have called up Clayton Beeter.Corey Sipkin for the NY POST
Entering Wednesday, the Yankees’ bullpen had given up 15 earned runs across 13 innings in the last four games.
“Some of those guys have been leaned on heavily,” manager Aaron Boone said Tuesday. “It’s on me, I got to do a better job of getting those guys in positions where they can be successful, making the right decisions for them to make sure they’re in the best spot possible. But obviously been a little bit of a tough stretch for us.”
This marks Beeter’s third stint with the Yankees. He threw one, three-pitch inning in the second game of last year before being optioned, then returned in the final week of the regular season to pitch in two more games.
Geoff Hartlieb pitching for the Yankees against the Blue Jays on July 1, 2025.IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect
In between, he had returned to starting in the minors but also dealt with a shoulder injury that was initially feared to require surgery before Beeter ended up avoiding it.
Entering this year, the Yankees moved Beeter to a full-time relief role, hoping his fastball-slider combo might play up out of the bullpen.
