The Yankees announced this afternoon that left-hander Josh Maciejewski went unclaimed on outright waivers. He’ll stick in the organization at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre without occupying a 40-man roster spot.
Maciejewski had a brief stint in the Bronx. The former 10th-round pick was selected onto the MLB roster on April 8. He pitched once before being designated for assignment five days later when New York needed a 40-man spot for infielder Kevin Smith. Maciejewski had a perfect inning in his debut, inducing a trio of ground-ball outs against the Marlins.
The 28-year-old doesn’t throw hard, averaging around 91 MPH on his sinker during his lone big league outing. That certainly played a role in him going unclaimed, but he’s gotten off to a nice start to the year in Scranton. Macijewski has worked 4 2/3 scoreless innings with five strikeouts and a walk for the RailRiders thus far. He divided the 2023 season between three minor league levels, turning in a cumulative 2.96 ERA over 45 2/3 frames.
I’d like to hear how much even a guy like this made,before we feel sorry for them
I would guess he is in line to make approximately 50k this year unless he gets back to the big leagues
The pro-rated league min for however many days he was on the 26-man roster. Now back at minor league pay.
Man knows his role as a fringe player, probably get into 5 or 6 games this year less than 10 innings, 10-15 days of service time and 50-75 thousand dollars major league salary, plus minor league pay and whatever inconvenience money he gets going thru the waiver process, not everyone is a star he’s living the dream getting some memories and probably having a blast
Elite stats:
Exit Velocity: 80.1
Launch Angle: -1.6
xERA: 1.11
He should be the closer…
/sarcasm