Yankees call up Bradley Hanner in hopes he can be next bullpen find

Scattered throughout the year, in a thin bullpen that could’ve used an upgrade at the trade deadline but didn’t get one, the Yankees have uncovered some success with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre relievers.Yerry De los Santos has pitched to a 1.00 ERA across six appearances.

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.For Kervin Castro, it was a 1.42 ERA in five appearances.

Until a dud in his last appearance before getting optioned, Angel Chivilli’s ERA sat at 0.57.Enter Bradley Hanner, called up Tuesday after Castro landed on the injured list and tasked with becoming the next Yankees discovery.A 27-year-old yet to make his MLB debut, Hanner was drafted in 2019 in the 21st round, which no longer exists.

In an era of velocity-driven pitchers, Hanner relies on arm angles and a four-seamer that averaged 93.7 mph in his last minor league outing to complement a sinker, cutter and sweeper.His chance could be fleeting, something that could close when Castro returns.But Hanner, who Aaron Boone said has been in the mix for a call-up for over a month, still had a chance to soak in “everything I dreamed of” and avoided the temptation to look down the road.“Just because a guy doesn’t light up the radar gun,” Boone said before the Yankees’ 10-5 win over the Mariners on Wednesday in The Bronx, “doesn’t mean he doesn’t have good stuff.

… There’s a lot of things that make you good or nasty or whatever, not just power.”Still, the presence of the unproven Hanner also captured the risk the Yankees took at the deadline.They didn’t add a reliever.

They even dealt away Camilo Doval.They’ve banked on starters Carlos Rodón and Clarke Schmidt getting healthy and current members of their rotation shifting to the bullpen.

But formulating a plan around health can be a delicate strategy, one capable of quickly going awry.Hanner has built a career without v...