{"id":14037,"date":"2018-07-25T03:02:19","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T07:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=14037"},"modified":"2018-07-25T09:05:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T13:05:15","slug":"yankees-acquire-zach-britton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2018\/07\/25\/yankees-acquire-zach-britton\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Yankees Acquire Reliever Zach Britton to Boost Bullpen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Major League Baseball is quickly approaching the trade deadline, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/new-york-yankees\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Yankees<\/a> made a move to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/24186498\/new-york-yankees-trade-zach-britton-baltimore-orioles\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> improve their bullpen<\/a> by acquiring\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brittza01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zach Britton<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/baltimore-orioles\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baltimore Orioles<\/a>. A two-time All-Star, Britton has had a slow start to 2018 as he was recovering from a ruptured Achilles. He has surrendered six earned runs this season, but four of those runs came from a single outing. In return, Baltimore will receive three prospects from the Yankees, headlined by RHP Dillon Tate.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of his slow start and return from injury, there&#8217;s no denying Britton improves the Yankees&#8217; bullpen.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yankees to acquire 2-time All-Star closer Zach Britton from Orioles, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonHeyman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JonHeyman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f1ciSditcX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/f1ciSditcX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1021923509159829505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Yankees Acquire Reliever Zach Britton to Boost Bullpen<\/h2>\n<h3>Career Overview<\/h3>\n<p>Britton made his MLB debut with Baltimore in 2011 as a starter. Needless to say, he was less than impressive in that role. From 2011-2013, Britton made 46 starts and compiled a 4.77 ERA, 1.516 WHIP, and a 1.51 strikeout-to-walk ratio. It did not look like Britton would last in MLB, but a move to the bullpen changed all of that.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, Britton made 71 appearances out of the bullpen with a pristine 1.65 ERA, 37 saves, and a 2.70 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Still, the best was yet to come for Britton as he would be elected to the AL All-Star team in 2015-2016. His 2016 numbers alone are on the more impressive seasons by a reliever\u00a0in recent memory. Britton made 69 appearances with 47 saves and an unthinkable 0.54 ERA.\u00a0From 2014-2016, Britton was the definition of a shutdown reliever. In 204 games, he posted a 1.38 ERA with 120 saves and 215 strikeouts.<\/p>\n<h3>Recent History<\/h3>\n<p>Unfortunately, Britton has not been able to achieve the same sort of results. Since the start of 2017, he has a 3.07 ERA and 19 saves with a 3.70 FIP. While Britton is far from dominating lineups like he used to, he still looks to be a quality pitcher. He has worked 14 scoreless outings since returning, and there&#8217;s no denying he makes the Yankees better.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"XcdGrcOCTd59m2u5R1yQqA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1003373468\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'XcdGrcOCTd59m2u5R1yQqA',sig:'FP437dCNY329atszs4sWoQlLoXDY7wBk81WD65__tFY=',w:'594px',h:'422px',items:'1003373468',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Major League Baseball is quickly approaching the trade deadline, the New York Yankees made a move to improve their bullpen by acquiring\u00a0Zach Britton\u00a0from the Baltimore Orioles. A two-time All-Star, Britton has had a slow start to 2018 as he was recovering from a ruptured Achilles. 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