{"id":25103,"date":"2025-02-11T03:16:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T03:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=25103"},"modified":"2025-02-11T03:16:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T03:16:45","slug":"report-tyler-matzek-set-to-sign-with-yankees-in-surprise-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=25103","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Tyler Matzek Set to Sign with Yankees in Surprise Move!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-entry-summary p-dek\">The veteran left-hander could join Max Fried on the Yankees pitching staff.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-entry-content \">\n<p id=\"QXeoCG\">Former\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterypower.com\/\">Atlanta Braves<\/a>\u00a0reliever Tyler Matzek is set to join the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinstripealley.com\/\">New York Yankees<\/a>\u00a0on a minor league deal, according to a report from Chris Cotillo, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.overthemonster.com\/\">Boston Red Sox<\/a>\u00a0beat writer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"8r9W1n\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1889117740486521317&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.batterypower.com%2F2025%2F2%2F10%2F24361651%2Fbraves-tyler-matzek-to-sign-with-new-york-yankees-per-report-2025-free-agent&amp;sessionId=6661eccf30cc74a0cdd77c73b0b80290b45bfbb6&amp;siteScreenName=BatteryPowerSBN&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1889117740486521317\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"zZ8sIM\">Matzek, one of the heroes of the 2021\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/world-series\">World Series<\/a>\u00a0Championship team was traded by Atlanta to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mccoveychronicles.com\/\">San Francisco Giants<\/a>\u00a0last season as part of the deal that brought outfielder Jorge Soler and reliever Luke Jackson back to the Braves. 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