Career
New York Mets
Yates pitched in the Athletics organization until being traded to the New York Mets with Mark Guthrie on December 1,2001,for David Justice. [4] His 2002 season was limited by Tommy John surgery. [5]
Yates split the 2003 season between three minor league teams. He participated in spring training the next year, [6] and debuted against the Montreal Expos on April 9,2004. [7] [8] Ten days later,Yates earned his first major league victory in another appearance against Montreal. [9] [10] By May,Yates had returned to the minor leagues to pitch as a reliever. [11] Yates underwent rotator cuff surgery and did not pitch during the 2005 season. [12] [13]
Atlanta Braves
Yates was released by the Mets at the conclusion of the 2005 season,and joined the Baltimore Orioles before the 2006 season,participating in spring training as a non-roster invitee. [13] He was subsequently released from the Orioles,and signed with the Atlanta Braves on May 3,2006. [14] Yates recorded the first save of his career on July 14,2006,in a 15–12 extra-inning win over the San Diego Padres. [15] He made the Braves' Opening Day roster in 2007, [16] and agreed to terms with the team prior to the start of the 2008 season. [17]
Pittsburgh Pirates
Yates was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates on March 26,2008,in exchange for minor league pitcher Todd Redmond. [18] He made 72 appearances for Pittsburgh during the 2008 campaign,registering a 6–3 record and 4.66 ERA with 63 strikeouts across 73+1⁄3 innings pitched. [19]
Yates pitched in 15 games for the Pirates in 2009, struggling to an 0–2 record and 7.50 ERA with 9 strikeouts over 12 innings of work. [20] On July 16, 2009, it was announced that Yates would miss the remainder of the season after having a second Tommy John procedure, performed by James Andrews. [21] On October 27, Yates was removed from the 40-man roster and sent outright to the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians, but rejected the assignment and elected free agency. [22] [23]
On January 4, 2010, Yates re-signed with the Pirates on a minor league contract. [24] but not expected to pitch until May or June. [25] [26] He did not appear for the organization and elected free agency following the season on November 6.
On December 16, 2010, Yates once more re-signed with the Pirates organization on a minor league contract and participated in spring training. [27] [28] He was cut from major league camp in March, [29] and did not pitch for the organization during the 2011 campaign. Yates elected free agency following the season on November 2, 2011.
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