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ARLINGTON, Texas – With their starting pitching depth paper thin, the Yankees are taking a flier on a veteran.

The club has signed Kenta Maeda to a minor league deal, the Yankees announced Monday, stashing him at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to give them another option should one of their current starters go down.

The 37-year-old Maeda, who has spent parts of nine seasons in the big leagues, started this year with the Tigers as a reliever before he was designated for assignment on May 1.

He then signed a minor league deal with the Cubs and pitched to a 5.97 ERA across 12 starts – though it was a 3.5

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