The Yankees are leading baseball in relievers called Justin Wilson.
Following the news on Monday that the team had reached an agreement with the appeaser Justin Wilson, another Yankees pitcher with the same name joked on Twitter, “Just a quick announcement … I’m not the same LHP Justin Wilson who just signed.”
The Wilson who signed on Monday is a useful 33-year-old southpaw who has spent the past two seasons with the Mets and 2015 in the Bronx.
He had an ERA of 2.91 at 58 ² / ₃ innings over his two seasons with the Mets, who were interested in keeping him.
The terms of his business, which is pending physical examination, were not immediately clear.
The other Wilson is a 24-year-old righty that the Yankees selected in the 23rd round of the MLB 2018 Draft.
In 2019, he was 2-3 with an ERA of 1.46 at 24 ² / ₃ innings with the Yankees’ former short-season Single-A affiliate, Staten Island.
The younger Wilson did not launch competitively in 2020 because smaller alloys were closed due to the coronavirus.