The New York Yankees signed Brendan Beck to a major league contract and selected the right-hander to their active roster on May 7, putting him in uniform for Thursday afternoon’s game against the Texas Rangers. Beck had not made his major league debut when the move was announced.
The Yankees entered the game at 25-12, holding a half-game edge over the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League East, and were tied 1-1 with Texas in the three-game series. The roster move came a day after the club optioned Yerry de los Santos.
For Beck, 27, the call was the latest step in a steady climb through the organization. New York drafted him in the second round of the 2021 MLB draft out of Stanford, and he spent the 2026 season in Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Over 37 innings there this season, he posted a 5.11 ERA with 37 strikeouts and eight walks.
His track record in the minors has been stronger overall. In three minor league seasons, Beck has a 3.38 ERA across 202.1 innings, and last year he made 15 starts for Triple-A while finishing with a 4.44 ERA over 77 innings. He also appeared for Team Great Britain in the World Baseball Classic, where he pitched four scoreless innings and struck out four batters.
The move gives New York another arm as it moves from the Rangers series into a nine-game road stretch against the Milwaukee Brewers, Baltimore Orioles and New York Mets. The Yankees have trusted Beck’s stuff long enough to promote him to the active roster; now the next question is whether that confidence turns into his first big league outing.