Yankees Shake Up Roster: Allan Winans Gets the Call-Up, Rico Garcia DFA'd in the Latest Bullpen Shuffle - lulu

ATLANTA — The Yankees’ bullpen churn continues.

The club called up Allan Winans on Saturday and designated Rico Garcia for assignment, a day after it began the second half with a bullpen game that turned into a 7-3 loss to the Braves.

Garcia threw 53 pitches in 2 2/3 innings on Friday while giving up three runs, and his reward was a DFA, less than a week after the Yankees claimed him off waivers from the Mets.

The Yankees could have opted to bring up Winans to make a spot start Friday — with Cam Schlittler (upper-arm soreness) and Max Fried (blister) both dealing with injury concerns that the Yankees did not believe warranted stints on the injured list — but instead they rolled the dice with a bullpen game, which backfired.

Will Warren and Marcus Stroman are starting Saturday and Sunday against the Braves, but Winans will offer length out of the bullpen.

Allan Winans of the New York Yankees reacts on the mound in the ninth inning against the Athletics at Yankee Stadium on June 28, 2025.Corey Sipkin for the NY POST

Rico Garcia was DFA’d by the Yankees.Getty Images

The former Braves right-hander last pitched last Friday for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, throwing 76 pitches.

In two appearances (one start) for the Yankees this season, Winans has given up six earned runs across 6 1/3 innings.