The Yankees have been active at the MLB Trade Deadline, adding third baseman Ryan McMahon from the Rockies and utilityman Amed Rosario
from the Nationals in an effort to bolster weak points on their roster with the playoff race heating up. On Monday afternoon, they continued to make moves, though with one that was much more minor and actually constituted more of a subtraction.The Braves and Yankees announced a trade that sent veteran starter Carlos Carrasco to Atlanta for a player to be named later
or cash. The 38-year-old had been pitching at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre since being designated for assignment in early May. Carrasco made the Yankees’ Opening Day rotation due in part to injuries to Gerrit Cole, Luis Gil, and Clarke Schmidt, and though he was a popular figure in the clubhouse, it seemed evident that the former Cleveland standout didn’t have much left in the tank. In eight games (six starts), he was smoked to the tune of a 5.91 ERA and 5.31 FIP in 32 innings. Even his best appearances were mere “five and dive” efforts.
Carrasco elected to remain in the Yankees’ organization after getting DFA’d, and to his credit, he has pitched decently enough with the RailRiders (11 games, 3.27 ERA and 3.89 FIP in 52.1 innings) to at least attract the attention of another big-league team. It’s unclear if the disappointing Braves actually think they’re still among playoff hopefuls or not since they have a 44-60 record and are far out in both the NL East and Wild Card. But with so many of their starting pitchers going down as well, they need bodies like the Yankees needed bodies at the end of spring training.
The Yankees likely need starting pitching support of their own, but they already knew that Carrasco wasn’t the answer. They were willing to give starts to rookie Cam Schlittler and fellow Triple-A arm Allan Winans over Carrasco at this point. So off he goes. A sincere best of luck to a respected veteran who is a Roberto Clemente Award winner and legitimately one of the nicest people in the sport.
The New York Yankees today announced that they have traded right-handed pitcher Carlos Carrasco to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for cash considerations.
— Yankees PR Dept. (@YankeesPR) July 28, 2025
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