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Injury Oblique
Est. Return 2/1/2025
2024 Stats
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Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
If nothing else, Brubaker was expected to eat a significant number of innings for the Pirates in 2023. There was also some reason to be optimistic that his surface stats would improve after he showed growth in limiting the long ball, but all hopes were dashed after he dealt with forearm and elbow issues late in spring training. Shortly thereafter, it was announced that he would need Tommy John surgery. That not only ended his 2023 campaign, but it also leaves his status for 2024 unclear. According to most recent reports, he is throwing from flat ground up to 120 feet with the goal of making his season debut shortly after the All-Star break. As a result, he's safe to avoid in nearly all fantasy formats, with the best-case scenario being he becomes a streaming option upon his return. Read Past Outlooks
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Resumes rehab assignment
Brubaker (elbow/oblique) resumed a rehab assignment with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Sunday, striking out one in a perfect inning.
ANALYSIS
Brubaker made his first appearance in more than two months, as his rehab from Tommy John surgery had to be paused due to an oblique strain. The 30-year-old could be activated from the 60-day injured list before the end of the regular season, though it's difficult to imagine him pitching in anything more than a mop-up role out of the Yankees bullpen.
Brubaker made his first appearance in more than two months, as his rehab from Tommy John surgery had to be paused due to an oblique strain. The 30-year-old could be activated from the 60-day injured list before the end of the regular season, though it's difficult to imagine him pitching in anything more than a mop-up role out of the Yankees bullpen.
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Left/Right Pitching Splits
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-1%
BAA vs LHP
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| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .269 | 71 | 26 | 72 | 10 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .272 | 76 | 28 | 85 | 7 | |||
| 2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .269 | 71 | 26 | 72 | 10 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .272 | 76 | 28 | 85 | 7 | |||
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| Since 2022Home | 5.09 | 1.42 | 69.0 | 7.7 | 2.7 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 4.32 | 1.51 | 75.0 | 10.6 | 4.0 | ||||
| 2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2022Home | 5.09 | 1.42 | 69.0 | 7.7 | 2.7 | ||||
| 2022Away | 4.32 | 1.51 | 75.0 | 10.6 | 4.0 | ||||
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Brubaker has posted remarkably similar skills across each of his first three seasons in the majors, maintaining a strikeout rate between 22.8 and 24 percent and a walk rate between 7.1 and 8.4 percent. His surface stats have had more variance than those numbers may suggest, as he has ERAs between 4.69 and 5.36. That fluctuation has largely been dependent on his home run rate, which spiked to 2.0 in 2021 but shifted to a more reasonable mark of 1.0 in 2022. His viability for fantasy purposes will depend on how well he controls the long ball moving forward, and the possibility for him to take a step forward is masked somewhat by some bad luck that he ran into last season (68.8 LOB% and .334 BABIP). However, his FIP and xFIP (3.92 and 3.87, respectively) suggest there's room for improvement in his surface stats. Brubaker has the feel of a more valuable mid-rotation starter for a big-league club for fantasy purposes, but he could have lengthy periods of usefulness in 15-team or deeper leagues and will be a reasonable streaming candidate in the right matchups in more shallow formats.
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Shut down for several weeks
Brubaker (oblique/elbow) will remain shut down from throwing for 3-to-4 weeks, Chris Kirschner of The Athletic reports.
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Shut down due to oblique injury
Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Sunday that Brubaker (elbow) suffered an oblique strain during his most recent rehab start Thursday for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and has been shut down from baseball activities, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports.
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Continuing rehab at Triple-A
The Yankees transferred Brubaker's (elbow) rehab assignment to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday.
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Rehab moved to Double-A
Brubaker (elbow) had his rehab assignment transferred from the Florida Complex League to Double-A Somerset on Sunday. He pitched three shutout innings for Somerset, allowing one hit and one walk while striking out three batters.
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Goes three scoreless in rehab start
Brubaker (elbow) tossed three scoreless innings and struck out two in his first rehab start Wednesday with Single-A Tampa Bay. He gave up two hits and no walks.
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