Watch the Burdi

[Edgy MD]

Frequently injured, but effective when healthy relief pitcher Nick Burdi has signed a minor-league deal with the old invite to Florida included.

Nick spent most of 2025 with the Worcester Red Sox, lamenting how stupid a name Woosox is, while striking out 45 dudes in 35 innings and pitching to a 2.83 ERA. In a handful of appearances for Boston, he was unscored upon in 5 1/3 innings — all but one of those innings coming against The Braves, interestingly enough.

Nick spent 2024 with the Yankees and kind of looked the part, with the short hair and the baggedy-ass home uniform.

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That will take a moment to un-see. When a Yankee pitcher wears that oversized jersey and lets the top buttons fly open, it makes it look like he is sweating out a night of drinking. (Clarification: I am not suggesting such a thing is in any way true. I am only saying it is a bad look. C.C. Sabathia fans know what I am talking about.)

Curiously enough, his road uniform actually was too small — like, he-took-it-from-another-player small.

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Get it together, Yankee equipment manager guy!