Yerry De los Santos #73

Full name is Yerry Paulino de los Santos Acosta (pronounced “Yairy”).

2024

Went 2-2 with four saves and a 4.12 ERA (59.0IP, 66H, 35R/27ER, 19BB, 55K, 9HR) in 51 games (one start) with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre...his 51 appearances ranked second among Yankees farmhands...Was added to the Yankees’ 40-man roster on 11/3...Following the season, made two relief appearances for the Gigantes del Cibao in the Dominican Winter League (1.2IP, 2H, 2R/ER, 1BB, 1K, 0HR).

2023

In 22 relief appearances over two stints with the Pittsburgh Pirates (6/3, 6/15-8/7), went 1-1 with a 3.33 ERA (24.1IP, 17H, 10R/9ER, 13BB, 18K, 1HR)…held opponents to a .193 batting average (17-for-88)…in 23 games with Triple-A Indianapolis, went 1-5 with two saves and a 6.12 ERA (25.0IP, 42H, 20R/17ER, 14BB, 28K, 4HR)…was placed on the 7-day injured list on 8/19 and transferred to the 60-day injured list on 8/28, missing the remainder of the season.

2022

Made his Major League debut on 5/25 vs. Colorado and tossed a scoreless ninth inning to close out a 10-5 win...Began season with Indianapolis...Pitched 2.0 scoreless innings and picked up a save in his first appearance on 4/7 vs. Omaha (game one)...Tossed 1.0 inning in a combined no-hitter on 4/13 at St. Paul...Posted an 0.66 WHIP, .167 batting average against (6-for-36) and 1.69 ERA (10.2ip/2er) in his first nine appearances through 5/11...Was selected to the Major League roster on 5/23...Allowed just one hit to 21 batters faced from 6/3-21...Recorded at least one strikeout in each of his first nine games, the third-longest streak by a Pirates reliever to begin a career since data began being tracked in 1901, trailing Diomedes Olivo’s 13-game streak from 1960-62 and Cecilio Guante’s 12-game streak from 1982-83...Pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning to record his first Major League save in an 8-7 win on 6/29 at Washington...Recorded a four-out save with all the outs coming by way of strikeouts on 7/11 at Miami (since saves became an official statistic in 1969, the only other Pirates to record such a save were Goose Gossage on 6/22/77 at San Diego, and Jason Christiansen on 7/25/98 vs. Atlanta)...Was placed on the 60-day injured list on 8/12 with a strained right lat muscle.

2021

Went 3-2 with two saves and a 1.52 ERA (23.2ip/4er) in 16 combined relief appearances between Double-A Altoona and Triple-A Indianapolis... Recorded all five decisions and both saves over his first eight appearances thru 5/29...Suffered the loss in his first outing on 5/4 vs. Bowie... Won three straight decisions from 5/7- 23... Struck out five batters in 2.0 scoreless innings of work while earning his first save on 5/20 at Harrisburg... Picked up his second save on 5/26 vs. Erie... Suffered second loss on 5/29 vs. Erie...Was placed on the injured list on 5/31 (retro to 5/29) with a forearm injury... Was transferred to 60-day I.L. on 6/17... Returned to action on 9/9... Was promoted to Indy on 9/20...Pitched 2.0 scoreless innings in his Triple-A debut on 9/23 at Omaha...Finished season making four straight scoreless appearances with Indianapolis.

2020

Did not pitch during the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019

Finished tied for third in the South Atlantic League in saves (13) while spending the entire 2019 season with Single-A Greensboro...Ranked second among all Pirates minor leaguers in saves in 2019...Recorded first professional save on 5/15/19...Did not allow a run in 32 of his 37 appearances in 2019...Was named an MiLB organizational All-Star in 2019.