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Yankees released 3B Kaleb Cowart.
Cowart hasn't appeared in the majors since the 2019 campaign. He played in just 16 games last year in the Yankees' minor league system.
Yankees re-signed 3B Kaleb Cowart to a minor league contract.
Cowart last appeared in the majors with the Angels back in 2019. The 29-year-old former top prospect didn't appear in a minor league contest last year with the Yankees due to injury.
Cowart agreed to a minor-league contract with the Yankees earlier this month, Chris Hilburn-Trenkle of Baseball America reports.
After working primarily as an infielder since being drafted by the Angels in 2010, Cowart dabbled as a two-way player in 2019, but his pitching results were nothing to write home about, as he compiled a 10.19 ERA and 2.32 WHIP across 17.2 innings between two minor-league stops. Expect the 27-year-old to turn his focus to a utility role in 2020 as he moves on to a new organization. Since he boasts 171 games' worth of MLB experience, Cowart should get an invite to the Yankees' big-league camp, but he'll most likely be headed to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre when spring training concludes.
Cowart elected free agency rather than accepting an assignment to Triple-A Salt Lake on Monday.
Cowart appeared in just nine games at the big-league level in 2019, spending most of the season in the minors working on becoming a two-way player. There's little evidence that the pitching side of things is working, however, as he recorded a 10.19 ERA and a 16:15 K:BB in 17.2 innings in the upper minors.
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