{"id":490980,"date":"2026-02-26T05:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T05:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/490980\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T05:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T05:35:12","slug":"randal-grichuk-joining-yankees-on-minor-league-deal-as-non-roster-invite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/490980\/","title":{"rendered":"Randal Grichuk joining Yankees on minor league deal as non-roster invite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sny.tv\/tags\/yankees\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Yankees;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Yankees <\/a>are looking for a right-handed outfielder and have invited Randal Grichuk to camp.<\/p>\n<p>YES Network&#8217;s Jack Curry reports that Grichuk will be joining the Yankees in spring training on a minor league deal as a non-roster invite.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Grichuk is a 12-year veteran who played with the Diamondbacks and Royals last season. In 113 games, he slashed .228\/.273\/.401 with an OPS of .674 to go along with nine home runs and 27 RBI in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Over his career, Grichuk has 212 home runs with a .251 average and a .298 OBP.<\/p>\n<p>However, Grichuk was a notorious Yankees killer. In 68 games against the Bombers, Grichuk slashed .253\/.302\/.523 with an OPS of .825. He also hit 18 home runs against the Yankees, his second-most against an opponent (Orioles). Most of that damage was done as a member of the Blue Jays (2018-21), where he had his best years. Across those four seasons, Grichuk hit .243 with 90 home runs and 257 RBI.<\/p>\n<p>With the Yankees so left-handed, especially in the outfield, Grichuk could give the team a boost off the bench. The starting outfielders are projected to be Aaron Judge, Trent Grisham and Cody Bellinger. Jasson Dominguez, the switch-hitting prospect, may not break camp and could be sent to Triple-A to start the season and get more seasoning.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>That leaves a spot open for a fourth outfielder, especially if Oswaldo Cabrera &#8212; who has outfield experience &#8212; is not ready for Opening Day as he continues to return from a season-ending leg injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Yankees are looking for a right-handed outfielder and have invited Randal Grichuk to camp. YES Network&#8217;s Jack&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490981,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[4260,4711,86879,86085,363,48262,158703,99361,99,71317,4710,12404],"class_list":{"0":"post-490980","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-aaron-judge","9":"tag-cody-bellinger","10":"tag-jasson-dominguez","11":"tag-minor-league-deal","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-orioles","14":"tag-oswaldo-cabrera","15":"tag-randal-grichuk","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-the-diamondbacks","18":"tag-trent-grisham","19":"tag-yankees"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}