DETROIT -- Thursday was a day of league-wide roster shuffling, as MLB teams were required to reinstate players from the 60-day injured list.

It was also the final day to add non-MLB players to the 40-man roster to prevent them from becoming minor-league free agents.

There were only a handful of such moves around the league, but one stood out: hard-throwing right-hander Kervin Castro, who turned heads in Detroit Tigers spring training back in 2023, was added to the 40-man roster by the New York Yankees.

Had Castro reached minor-league free agency, he likely would have drawn widespread interest as a bullpen candidate and might have even landed a big-league deal.

Castro, 26, had a 1.53 ERA in 47 innings for the Yankees’ Triple-A affiliate in Scranton in 2025. He struck out 52 and walked 2

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