The New York Yankees recalled right-handers Bradley Hanner, Luis Gil and Brendan Beck from the Florida Complex League Yankees on Thursday, according to the MiLB transactions log, a day after Tampa Bay swept them out of the American League Division Series.
The three entries, all dated Oct. 8, return the pitchers from the complex in Tampa to the major-league side of the 40-man roster.
With New York already eliminated, the moves do not place anyone on an active roster or set up another appearance.
They reverse late-September options that sent the trio to the lowest rung of the system once the regular season and the Wild Card Series were finished.
Gil and Hanner were optioned to the FCL Yankees after the Sept. 24 game. Beck, recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre before the first game of a Sept. 25 doubleheader against Baltimore, was optioned after that matinee. Thursday’s paperwork simply brings all three back up.
Gil is the most established name of the group. The 2024 American League Rookie of the Year missed most of this season with a shoulder injury, resumed throwing in mid-June, faced hitters in late July and began a rehab assignment at High-A Hudson Valley on Aug. 11.
Triple-A activated him Aug. 18 with a relief role planned, and the Yankees recalled him Aug. 30 before optioning him again on Sept. 24.
He is arbitration-eligible in 2027, and his place on next year’s staff remains unsettled. The recall does not settle that question. It only restores his 40-man designation after the club’s season ended.
Hanner, 27, made his major-league debut on Aug. 11 after the Yankees selected his contract in mid-July to head off an opt-out in his minor-league deal. He had been one of the better relievers at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, posting a 2.10 ERA with a 29 percent strikeout rate over 51⅓ innings, though his walk rate stayed high.
The big-league results were far rougher: an 8.59 ERA in 7⅓ innings, with four home runs allowed, before he was optioned after a scoreless two-inning outing and a win against the Rays on Sept. 24. A 21st-round pick by Minnesota in 2019, he reached the Yankees via minor-league free agency.
Beck, a 2021 second-round pick out of Stanford and the brother of Giants right-hander Tristan Beck, debuted on May 7. In four appearances and 12⅔ innings he went 0-2 with a 9.95 ERA, including a five-inning loss to the Orioles on Sept. 25 in which he allowed seven runs. He is 28 and still searching for a defined role.
The timing fits a familiar postseason pattern. Clubs routinely recall optioned 40-man players from complex assignments once their year is over, clearing the books before the offseason roster churn begins.
For the Yankees, that process starts after a 93-68 season, a Wild Card Series win over Boston, and a three-game Division Series loss to the Rays that extended the franchise’s championship drought to 17 years.
None of Thursday’s recalls changes that result. They only put Hanner, Gil and Beck back on the major-league side of the ledger.
