CINCINNATI -- Despite the high expectations going into the year, this season didn’t go as planned for Miguel Yajure. The 23-year-old right-hander was a headliner in the Jameson Taillon trade to the Yankees, and the expectation was he would be a major league starter, perhaps as soon as 2021.
Back in April and May, he was getting spot starts in the majors, priming himself for a more permanent spot in the future. Then came a forearm injury, landing him on the 60-day injured list and causing him to miss all of June and July.