Sports Illustrated | Noah Strackbein: Last week, the Yankees non-tendered a gaggle of bullpen arms, looking to make room on their 40-man roster to protect a couple of prospects from the Rule 5 Draft. Well, this week, they brought one of those bullpen arms back, signing Michael Arias to a minor league deal. The 24-year-old pitcher missed much of the 2025 season due to injury before turning in a solid performance in 21 innings for Double-A Somerset. The move does not come as too much of a surprise, as this sequence of events — injury, nontender, minor league deal — occurs quite frequently with minor league pitchers who are on the 40-man roster but lack an immediate path to the big leagues.

CBS Sports | R.J. Anderson: Thanksgiving weekend is a slow time in the baseball world: the beginning-o

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