The Yankees continue to stockpile depth while holding out for their top offseason target.
The club and outfielder/first baseman Seth Brown agreed to a minor league deal on Monday, bringing the former Athletics slugger into the organization to potentially serve as insurance at Triple-A.
Brown, 33, was released by the Athletics last year after he spent parts of seven seasons in the big leagues with them, batting .226 with a .712 OPS and 74 home runs in 568 games. The left-handed hitter’s best year came in 2022, when he hit .230 with 25 home runs with a .749 OPS, but in three years since he has hit .223 with 29 home runs and a .667 OPS.
The signing was first reported by Just Baseball.
As they try to re-sign Cody Bellinger as the central move of their offseason, the Yankees have replenished some depth with minor league signings, a group that includes former big leaguers in Brown, Paul DeJong and Zack Short.
Many of the outfielders that spent time at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre last season are no longer in the organization, including Everson Pereira (traded for José Caballero), Dominic Smith, Ismael Munguia, Bryan De La Cruz, José Rojas and Brennen Davis.
