Michael Gomez #5

Played his freshman year of college baseball at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo before transferring to Cal Poly-Pomona for the 2017 and 2018 seasons...Was 2-4 with a 6.75 ERA in 19 appearances at Pomona, fanning 55 batters over 46.2 innings pitched...Played two years of summer league baseball for Eau Claire in the Northwoods League. Ranked second on the squad in strikeouts as an 18-year old. Was teammates with RHP Griffin Jax and OF Daulton Varsho...Graduated from Upland High School (Calif.) where he was a three-year letter winner on the varsity baseball team and also played basketball...Pitched in the 2013 Area Code games...Resides in Upland, Calif.

2024

Pitched the entire season at Durham (AAA) after getting selected in the Triple-A phase of the 2023 Rule 5 Draft from the Yankees...Made 39 relief appearances and led all relief pitchers who did not make a start with 68 strikeouts, posting an 11.0 strikeouts/9 IP mark...Locked down a save in his final appearance of the season with a scoreless frame against Memphis...Pitched a season-high five consecutive scoreless outings to begin August (7.0 IP)...Made 19 appearances of four outs or more, 15 of those were 2.0 innings or more (10 scoreless)...Hurled a season-high 3.0 perfect innings at Columbus (9/3) for his fifth hold of the season.

2023

Made 47 relief appearances for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, going 2-6 with a 5.45 ERA (67.2IP, 41ER)…the 47 appearances were third most among Yankees farmhands.

2022

Split the season between Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and Double-A Somerset, going 3-5 with a 4.55 ERA (65.1IP, 33ER) in 46 relief appearances…the 46 appearances ranked second among Yankees minor leaguers. 

2021

Went 4-2 with a 3.12 ERA (49.0IP, 17ER) in 31 relief appearances for Somerset…signed a Minor League contract with the Yankees on Feb. 21.