Year | W | L | Sv | Hold | IP | H | BB | SO | ER | ERA | WHIP | Rate |
2025 proj | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 30.0 | 23 | 17 | 30 | 14 | 4.25 | 1.358 | 3.8 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4.26 | 2.526 | -0.9 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10.0 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9.90 | 1.900 | -10.1 |
2022 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 43.7 | 26 | 29 | 36 | 17 | 3.50 | 1.260 | 15.7 |
2021 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 63.0 | 40 | 37 | 77 | 18 | 2.57 | 1.222 | 27.9 |
2020 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 29.0 | 23 | 10 | 43 | 9 | 2.79 | 1.138 | 48.0 |
2015 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 4.09 | 1.818 | 2.8 |
2014 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 117.7 | 120 | 44 | 91 | 53 | 4.05 | 1.394 | 17.6 |
Date | News |
6/04/25 | Cardinals Sign Former Yankees Southpaw to Minor League Deal. Tyler Matzek will join Triple-A Memphis to add some lefty pitching depth for the Cardinals Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/cardinals-sign-fo... |
6/04/25 | Cardinals Quietly Signed Ex-Yankees Hurler, World Series Champion. The St. Louis Cardinals made a quiet move on Tuesday afternoon. St. Louis has been one of the better teams in the National League over the last month or so, and made a low-key move by signing former Colorado Rockies, Atlanta Braves, and New York Yankees hurler Tyler Matzek, as shared by the team. "We have signed LHP Tyler Matzek to a minor league contract and assigned him to Memphis (AAA)," the team announced. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/cardinals/st-louis-cardinal... |
6/03/25 | Cardinals agree to contract with ex-Braves, Yankees reliever. After starting the season with the Yankees, Tyler Matzek has signed with the Cardinals and will report to AAA. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/cardinals-agree-c... |
5/20/25 | Yankees player decides he's better off somewhere else. Tyler Matzek elected free agency. AP By Bridget Hyland | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Left-hander Tyler Matzek cleared waivers and has rejected an outright assignment to the minor leagues, the Yankees announced on Monday. Matzek will instead elect free agency. The 34-year-old pitched 6 1/3 innings for the Yankees before he was designated for assignment last week. He allowed just three runs but gave up 11 hits and five walks. The Yankees signed Matzek to a minor league deal in February and he played with Triple-A Syracuse until his contract was selected on April 22. The Yankees DFA'd Matzek in order to make room for Jonathan Loaisiga , who rejoined the roster after having right ulnar collateral Source: https://www.nj.com/yankees/2025/05/yankees-player-... |
5/19/25 | Yankees bullpen shakeup sends veteran lefty to free agency. Jonathan Loaisiga’s return leaves Tyler Matzek looking for a new home. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/yankees-bullpen-s... |
5/16/25 | Right-hander Jonathan Loáisiga returns to Yankees, less than 13 months after Tommy John surgery. Right-hander Jonathan Loáisiga was activated from the 15-day injured list by the New York Yankees on Friday, less than 13 months after Tommy John surgery. The Yankees designated left-hander Tyler Matzek for assignment ahead of the Subway Series opener against the Mets. A 30-year-old reliever, Loáisiga had a 1.23 ERA in six minor league rehab appearances from April 26 through Tuesday, striking out seven and walking none in 3 1/3 innings. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/hander-jonathan-l... |
4/23/25 | Yankees' bullpen closer to full strength with more reinforcements coming. With the way Tyler Matzek looked this spring, there's a strong chance that the left-hander would've been on the Yankees' Opening Day roster if he didn't get hurt. An oblique strain ruled him out for the start of the regular season, but the praise for the left-hander — and the potential of what he could accomplish with more time within the Yankees' pitching department — didn't stop. Fast forward to Tuesday in Cleveland and Matzek was finally back with the big-league club, the first of several pitching reinforcements that will bolster this elite bullpen over the next few months. “I feel like we're getting another really good pitcher to add to the mix back there,” Boone said before a 3-2 loss to the Guardians. Source: https://www.nj.com/yankees/2025/04/yankees-bullpen... |
4/22/25 | Yankees sign lefty reliever Tyler Matzek, DFA Yoendrys Gomez. The Yankees made a tweak to their roster, adding lefty relief pitcher Tyler Matzek, while designating Yoendrys Gomez for assignment. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/yankees-sign-left... |
4/10/25 | Yankees’ rehabbing reliever looks sharp in latest MiLB outing. Tyler Matzek was brought up to Triple-A with the Scranton RailRiders as the Yankees continued to build him up from […] Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/yankees-rehabbing... |
4/04/25 | Yankees gets 2 pivotal pitching injury updates. The New York Yankees are primed for another potential run to the World Series but injury woes to the pitching rotation and bullpen have dawned a dark cloud early on in the season. On Friday, the franchise received two good news and bad news for the bullpen. Tyler Matzek, who is dealing with an oblique issue, is due to begin his Minor League rehab assignment and will reportedly be ready by the end of April, according to Yankees reporter Bryan Hoch. Source: https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yank... |
3/19/25 | Yankees Notebook: Tyler Matzek back on the mound with opt outs approaching, Mark Leiter Jr. ready to go. Tyler Matzek is back on the mound after an oblique strain surfaced earlier this month. The left-handed reliever threw a bullpen on Monday and plans on throwing another on Thursday. Matzek isn't sure how many more side sessions he'll need before facing live hitters, but he called himself “asymptomatic.” “I think we're going to take our time with the progress,” Matzek said. Source: https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/19/yankees-tyl... |
3/07/25 | Yankees reliever Tyler Matzek suffers injury that threatens Opening Day readiness. MLB Yankees reliever Tyler Matzek suffers injury that threatens Opening Day readiness By Greg Joyce Published March 7, 2025, 1:21 p.m. ET Access the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees from spring training Try it free TAMPA – Tyler Matzek looked like he had an inside track to making the Yankees' bullpen as a non-roster invite, but an injury is threatening to delay that. The lefty reliever is dealing with an oblique issue, pitching coach Matt Blake told The Post on Friday, and the Yankees are slow-playing him in hopes of not turning it into a bigger problem. Asked Source: https://nypost.com/2025/03/07/sports/yankees-tyler... |
2/25/25 | Tyler Matzek doing all the right things to be Yankees bullpen surprise. Access the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees from spring training Try it free FORT MYERS, Fla. — Inside the visiting dugout at Hammond Stadium on Tuesday morning, the way Aaron Boone spoke about Tyler Matzek sounded like someone who is going to make the team. Then Matzek took the mound for his Grapefruit League debut and did little to temper that enthusiasm. There is still a long way to go between now and March 27, when the Yankees open the season against the Brewers in The Bronx, but if Matzek can just stay healthy, he appears to have a strong chance to win a Source: https://nypost.com/2025/02/25/sports/tyler-matzek-... |
2/21/25 | How a tip from two Yankees aces might have uncovered a crucial bullpen addition. inside the yankees How a tip from two Yankees aces might have uncovered a crucial bullpen addition By Greg Joyce Published Feb. 21, 2025, 6:20 a.m. ET Tyler Matzek throws at Yankees spring training on Feb. 14, 2025. Charles Wenzelberg/NY Post TAMPA — Tyler Matzek had two key supporters in the Yankees clubhouse — former Braves teammate Max Fried and former travel ball teammate and high school foe Gerrit Cole — that helped lead to him landing a minor league deal with the team earlier this month. But the veteran lefty reliever is not just here as a favor from a friend; Matzek has a real chance to make the team with a strong spring, and the early returns have been promising. Access the Yankees beat Source: https://nypost.com/2025/02/21/sports/did-a-tip-fro... |
2/15/25 | Tyler Matzek has already proved nothing is insurmountable — just ask The Yips. Joel Sherman Tyler Matzek has already proved nothing is insurmountable — just ask The Yips By Joel Sherman Published Feb. 15, 2025, 7:33 p.m. ET Tyler Matzek throwing at spring training in Tampa earlier this week. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post See Also new york yankees The Marcus Stroman-Yankees drama might not have the ending you expect TAMPA — Gerrit Cole was preparing for a season, throwing bullpens at UC-Irvine, when he added professional scout to his ledger. Cole had known Tyler Matzek for a long time. Bring up the name and Cole notes that Matzek had struck him out twice in high school in their shared Orange County youth. Now, he noticed the life on Matzek's pitches, the incorporation Source: https://nypost.com/2025/02/15/sports/yankees-tyler... |
2/11/25 | Sources: Yanks add Matzek with minor league deal. The New York Yankees and veteran reliever Tyler Matzek have agreed on a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training, sources told ESPN's Jorge Castillo Monday night, adding another experienced left-hander to the bullpen mix on the eve of camp. Source: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/43787762/yanke... |
2/11/25 | Former Braves World Series Champion Signs with Yankees. Another member of the 2021 Atlanta Braves has signed elsewhere. According to Mass Live's Chris Cotillo, lefty reliever Tyler Matzek has signed a minor league deal with the New York Yankees. Matzek was one of the members of the 2021 team who made a brief return to the Braves late last season. In 11 appearances with Atlanta, he had a 9.90 ERA with a 1.90 WHIP in 10 innings pitched. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/braves/news/former-braves-w... |
2/10/25 | Sources: Yanks add Matzek with minor-league deal. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. The New York Yankees and veteran reliever Tyler Matzek have agreed on a minor-league deal with an invitation to spring training, sources told ESPN Monday night, adding another experienced left-hander to the bullpen mix on the eve of camp after the team officially re-signed Tim Hill over the weekend. Source: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/43787762/yanke... |
1/24/25 | New York Yankees Looking at Lefty Reliever Tyler Matzek. The New York Yankees have already bolstered their bullpen this offseason but could be looking to add a hard-throwing lefty to the mix. According to Pat Ragazzo of On SI, scouts from multiple contending teams were in Irvine, California, to observe a throwing session for Tyler Matzek. The free-agent southpaw hasn't played much since undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2022; he missed the entire 2023 season recovering from the procedure and suited up in just 10.0 innings for the Atlanta Braves in 2024, posting a 9.90 ERA and 1.90 WHIP. Matzek has spent the last four seasons in Atlanta after breaking into the league with the Colorado Rockies in 2014. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/yankees/news/new-york-yanke... |
5/07/24 | Braves reliever Matzek to IL with elbow injury. Braves reliever Tyler Matzek, who has allowed 11 runs in 10 innings this season, has been placed on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Source: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40101887/brave... |