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Yankees' Jordany Ventura: Gets minors pact from Yankees
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The Yankees signed Ventura to a minor-league contract Thursday, Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News reports.
Ventura, 24, pitched at three different minor-league levels in the Mets organization in 2024, compiling a 2.96 ERA and 55:20 K:BB across 48.2 innings. The righty reliever has been assigned to Double-A Somerset.
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Mets' Jordany Ventura: Debuts at Single-A
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Ventura (elbow) struck out two and worked around two hits and no walks over two scoreless innings in his first start Sunday for Single-A St. Lucie following his reinstatement from the 60-day injured list.
Ventura, who missed the entire 2021 season while recovering from the Tommy John surgery he underwent last spring, was cleared to debut for St. Lucie after making a rehab start in the rookie-level Florida Complex League earlier this month. The 21-year-old was on a limited pitch count Sunday and is likely to have his workloads monitored carefully the rest of the season while he returns from a major arm surgery.
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Mets' Jordany Ventura: Recovering from Tommy John surgery
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Ventura had Tommy John surgery in the spring, Matt Eddy of Baseball America reports.
As Eddy notes, Ventura seemed poised for a potential breakout this season after impressing during minor-league spring training, but he will now be sidelined into the 2022 season. Ventura, 21, logged a 3.78 ERA, 1.09 WHIP and 54 strikeouts in 52.1 innings across three rookie levels in 2019.
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