{"id":487639,"date":"2025-12-21T09:26:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T09:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/487639\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T09:26:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T09:26:19","slug":"yankees-re-sign-pitcher-paul-blackburn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/487639\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees re-sign pitcher Paul Blackburn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees added pitching depth late Saturday night, agreeing to a one-year, $2 million deal with right-hander Paul Blackburn, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JonHeyman\/status\/2002596284793041329?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Blackburn, 32, spent the early portion of last season with the New York Mets before being designated for assignment and released in mid-August. Shortly after, he signed with the Yankees and finished the year in pinstripes, primarily working out of the bullpen. In eight appearances with New York, Blackburn logged a 5.28 ERA and a 1.30 WHIP while striking out 16 batters and issuing four walks over 15.1 innings.<\/p>\n<p>While his overall numbers were uneven, they were heavily skewed by a rough first outing. In his Yankees debut against the Boston Red Sox, Blackburn was tagged for seven runs in just 3.1 innings. After that performance, the veteran right-hander settled in and showed far more consistency. Over his final seven appearances, he allowed only three runs\u2014two of them earned\u2014across 12 innings, while posting a strong 14-to-2 strikeout-to-walk ratio.<\/p>\n<p>Get the latest headlines delivered to your inbox each morning.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fingerlakes1.com\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Sign up for our Morning Edition (Opens New Tab)\" aria-label=\"Sign up for our Morning Edition (Opens New Tab)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for our Morning Edition to start your day<\/a>. FL1 on the Go! Download the free FingerLakes1.com App for <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/fingerlakes1-com\/id919463351?mt=8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iOS (iPhone, iPad)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fingerlakes1.com\/author\/kyleevans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/evans-kyle-2022.jpg\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kyle leads sports coverage and hosts the Concrete Jungle podcast. Have a lead or question? Send it to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fingerlakes1.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#b1dac8ddd4f1d7d8dfd6d4c3ddd0dad4c2809fd2dedc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Yankees added pitching depth late Saturday night, agreeing to a one-year, $2 million deal with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2376],"tags":[5,4,1690,62,2548,2547,142],"class_list":{"0":"post-487639","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-yankees","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-yankees","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkyankees","14":"tag-yankees"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115756846094440162","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}