The New York Yankees finalized a one-year, $4.5 million contract with Clarke Schmidt on Friday, keeping the right-hander with the team for the 2026 season while avoiding arbitration (h/t MLB.com's Mark Feinsand). The 29-year-old will enter his seventh Major League season with the Yankees, having spent his entire six-year career in the Bronx.

Schmidt was off to a promising start in 2025 before a season-ending injury intervened. In 14 starts, he maintained a 3.32 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, and struck out 73 batters while walking 30 in 78.2 innings, finishing with a 4-4 record. His season ended prematurely in mid-July following a torn ulnar collateral ligament in a game against the Toronto Blue Jays, necessitating Tommy John surgery , the second procedure of this type in his career.

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