Scott Effross finally getting another Yankees chance after nightmarish run of injuries
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Scott Effross has found his round-about way back to the Yankees.
The reliever joined the club on Thursday at Kauffman Stadium as a fresh bullpen arm after the Yankees optioned lefty Brent Headrick to Triple-A earlier in the day.
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Effross has battled injuries for most of his Yankees tenure after arriving at the 2022 trade deadline, most recently straining his hamstring on his first pitch of a Grapefruit League outing in late February, costing him a chance to make the roster out of camp.
After he completed a rehab assignment for that injury, the Yankees optioned him to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to get more games under his belt.
The 31-year-old righty gave up eight earned runs in 5 ⅔ innings at SWB, with two walks and nine strikeouts, though he had not allowed an earned run in either of his last two outings — the last one on June 8.
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The side-arming Effross posted a 2.13 ERA in 13 games for the Yankees after arriving in the trade from the Cubs, but then underwent Tommy John surgery in October of 2022.
He then had back surgery — a microdiscectomy of the lumbar spine — in December of 2023, knocking him out until July of last year.
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He spent most of the rest of the season at Triple-A knocking off rust before making three appearances for the Yankees in September.
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All three times Friday, Crochet used his four-seamer to dominate Judge. His velocity climbed throughout the night as he threw his fastest pitches of the season, eclipsing 100 mph. Sheesh 😮💨 — Red Sox (@RedSox) June 14, 2025 So when Judge stepped to the plate with one out in the ninth as Crochet hit the 100-pitch mark, the starter stuck with his heaters. Judge finally caught up, demolishing a 99.6 mph four-seamer left, down and in, 443 feet over the Green Monster to tie the score and stun the crowd. An agonizing and eventful 42 minutes later, elation erupted throughout the century-old ballpark as rookie catcher Carlos Narváez clocked a single off the wall for a 2-1 walk-off win for the Red Sox in the 10th inning. It marked Boston's first walk-off win over the Yankees since Aug. 12, 2022. The defining victory of the season to this point featured a dramatic swing of emotions in the ninth and 10th innings. 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