TAMPA, Fla. — Veteran outfielder Randal Grichuk has made the New York Yankees’ opening-day roster.
Manager Aaron Boone told reporters Saturday that Grichuk made the team. The Yankees also announced they reassigned infielder Paul DeJong and utilityman Seth Brown to minor-league camp and optioned utilityman Oswaldo Cabrera and infielder Max Schuemann to triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Grichuk, 34, is coming off a 2025 season in which he batted .228 with a .273 on-base percentage, nine homers and 27 RBIs in 113 combined games for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Kansas City Royals.
He has hit .251 with a .298 on-base percentage, 212 homers and 629 RBIs in a 12-year career that has included stops with the St. Louis Cardinals (2014-17), Toronto Blue Jays (2018-21), Colorado Rockies (2022-23), Los Angeles Angels (2023), Diamondbacks (2024-25) and Royals (2025).
