Andres Chavez
Spring training often feels like a crowded theater lobby before the show starts. Everyone is dressed up and ready to perform, but as the curtain rises, the house manager has to start directing people toward their actual seats. For the New York Yankees, that process is currently in full swing.
As the regular season approaches, the front office is tasked with the unenviable job of narrowing down a massive pool of talent into a functional twenty-six-man unit. It is a game of musical chairs where the music is slowing down, and the available seats are becoming increasingly scarce.
On Wednesday, just before the team prepared to face off against the Boston Red Sox in a Grapefruit League matchup, the Yankees front office made its latest round of cuts. These moves are the quiet, administrative undercurrent of March baseball, signaling that the evaluation phase is shifting toward final preparation.
Pitching Profiles Heading to Minor League Camp
The team officially trimmed its spring roster by shifting a pair of right-handers back to the developmental ranks. “Prior to today’s game, the Yankees reassigned RHP Harrison Cohen and RHP Carson Coleman to minor league camp,” the organization announced via its social media platforms.
While neither move is a shock, both players provided enough flashes of brilliance during their stay in the major league camp to keep fans interested in their trajectories.
Harrison Cohen, in particular, looked like a pitcher who belongs in the conversation. During his brief stint in the Grapefruit League, he managed to navigate two innings while allowing just one run—and even that was unearned. He kept the damage to a single hit and a lone walk while sitting down two batters via the strikeout.
If his spring performance was a solid audition, his work on the international stage was a loud statement. Representing Israel in the World Baseball Classic, Cohen was essentially a ghost on the mound, tossing two perfect innings and racking up five strikeouts.
At 26 years old, Cohen is like a high-performance engine that just needs a bit of fine-tuning. Last season, he was dominant across the upper rungs of the farm system, recording a 1.76 ERA over 51 innings between Double-A and Triple-A. The missing piece of the puzzle for him remains his command. He has the raw ability to make professional hitters look foolish, but until he reigns in the walks, he remains a high-potential project rather than a finished product.
The Strikeout Paradox of Carson Coleman
Carson Coleman presents a different, albeit equally intriguing, profile. His spring statistics tell two different stories at once. On one hand, his 5.40 ERA over 3.1 innings suggests he struggled to find his footing. He grappled with the strike zone, issuing four walks in that short span, which is the pitching equivalent of a driver constantly veering into the shoulder of the road. On the other hand, the sheer stuff is clearly there, evidenced by the seven strikeouts he piled up in that same window.
Coleman will turn 28 next month, making him a bit of a late bloomer in prospect terms. He spent 2025 in Double-A, where he flashed effectiveness with a 2.57 ERA over seven innings.
For now, both hurlers will head back to the minors to sharpen their tools, waiting for the call that comes when the big-league roster faces the wear and tear of a long summer.
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