{"id":357506,"date":"2026-09-26T10:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T10:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/357506\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T10:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T10:08:16","slug":"yankees-will-warren-delivers-in-relief-in-final-act-of-regular-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/357506\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees’ Will Warren delivers in relief in final act of regular season"},"content":{"rendered":"

For a bullpen that has three (heavily used) sure things and a whole lot of question marks behind them entering the playoffs, Will Warren is trying to become one of the answers the Yankees will need to find<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The right-handed starter made his final regular-season appearance out of the bullpen Friday and delivered 3 \u00b9\/\u2083 scoreless innings in the Yankees\u2019 6-3 win over the Orioles to split the doubleheader, as he prepares for a relief role in the AL Wild Card Series and beyond.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Warren recorded seven of his 11 outs via the strikeout, racking up 13 whiffs on 28 swings and flashing the kind of swing-and-miss stuff that could be valuable in the Yankees bullpen.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe can be big for us moving forward in the postseason, and in different roles,\u201d manager Aaron Boone said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Yankees know they have workhorses Brent Headrick and Paul Blackburn to form the bridge to David Bednar in the ninth inning, but they could certainly use more help. Warren has a chance to offer it, especially as his velocity and stuff has ticked up over the past month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like as a starter, you\u2019re supposed to get both sides of the plate out, so I think that would be pretty big for us,\u201d said Warren, who finished the season with a 3.92 ERA. \u201cYou see Blackburn do it, you see Headrick do it, so whenever my name\u2019s called, I\u2019ll be ready to go.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

New York Yankees relief pitcher Will Warren (29) follows through on a pitch against the Baltimore Orioles during the third inning at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, Friday, September 25, 2026. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n

The club kept Warren to 54 pitches Friday in his third relief appearance of the season, ensuring he will be available on Tuesday for Game 1 against the Red Sox while also offering some length if needed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt good \u2014 a little less blackout this time,\u201d Warren joked, referring to his bullpen cameo earlier this month against the Padres.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On a day when the wind from the incoming nor\u2019easter wreaked some havoc, the Yankees (93-68) dropped the first game of the doubleheader 10-2 before taking the nightcap. Whether they actually play Game 162 on Sunday remains to be seen, with the forecast iffy, but their bats came alive in the second half of the twin bill, including a two-run double from Anthony Volpe and two hits apiece from Ben Rice and Ryan McMahon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

New York Yankees designated hitter Ben Rice (22) is greeted by teammates in the dugout after scoring on his solo home run during the fourth inning of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, N.Y., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n

New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe (11) hits a two-run RBI ground-rule double during the sixth inning of game two of a doubleheader against the Baltimore Orioles, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, N.Y. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n

Former Met Pete Alonso crushed a pair of home runs for the Orioles (79-82) in Game 1 \u2014 including a 471-foot shot that cut through the wind blowing in \u2014 to move into sole possession of the American League lead with 43 on the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Yankees also had some questionable outfield defense in both ends of the doubleheader, windy or not. In Game 1, Spencer Jones could not track down a fly ball to center field, as it hit off his glove and turned into an inside-the-park home run for Jeremiah Jackson. In Game 2, right fielder Heliot Ramos simply dropped a fly ball to right field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For a bullpen that has three (heavily used) sure things and a whole lot of question marks behind…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[15492,20,9,11,10,321,319,46145],"class_list":["post-357506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-baltimore-orioles","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-sports","tag-will-warren"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}