{"id":536420,"date":"2026-01-24T17:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T17:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/536420\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T17:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T17:29:10","slug":"yankees-sign-dylan-coleman-to-minors-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/536420\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Sign Dylan Coleman To Minors Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Yankees signed right-hander Dylan Coleman<\/a> to a minor league deal last week, according to Coleman\u2019s MLB.com profile page<\/a>.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t specified if the contract included an invitation to New York\u2019s Major League spring camp.<\/p>\n

Sixty-eight of Coleman\u2019s 93 2\/3 career innings in the majors came as a member of the Royals bullpen in 2022, when the righty posted a 2.78 ERA, 24.6% strikeout rate, and 12.8% walk rate.\u00a0 These promising numbers drastically went south in 2023, as Coleman has an 8.84 ERA and a walk rate that ballooned to 19.8%, almost eclipsing his 21.9K%.<\/p>\n

Kansas City traded Coleman to the Astros during the 2023-24 offseason, and he tossed just a single MLB inning for Houston in 2024 before being released in August.\u00a0 That remains Coleman\u2019s most recent trip to the Show, as a minor league deal with the Orioles last offseason only led to more struggles.\u00a0 Coleman posted a 4.91 ERA over 14 2\/3 innings in Baltimore\u2019s farm system with as many walks (14) as strikeouts, and the Orioles released him in May.<\/p>\n

Since that time, Coleman has been overhauling his mechanics with the Feole Pitching training workshop, and has as per a recent post from Feole\u2019s Instagram account<\/a>, Coleman has added a cutter and power sinker to his repertoire, and his fastball velocity is up to 100mph.\u00a0 Coleman averaged over 98mph on his fastball when he debuted with the Royals in 2021, but that velo dropped to 95.2mph by the 2023 season.<\/p>\n

Any team would be intrigued by triple digits on the radar gun, and there\u2019s no risk for the Yankees in taking a first-hand look at the revamped Coleman, and also seeing what their own pitching development crew can add to his approach.\u00a0 All of the stuff in the world won\u2019t help a pitcher who can\u2019t get the ball over the plate, of course, and it remains to be seen if Coleman\u2019s fixes extend to his extreme control problems of the last few years.<\/p>\n