The Yankees and outfielder Willie Calhoun have agreed to a non-guaranteed 2023 contract that includes an invitation to the big team’s spring camp, a source told MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand on Saturday.
Calhoun was a hot prospect for the Rangers when he arrived in Texas from the Dodgers as part of the trade for Yu Darvish in January 2017. The Ranger hit 21 home runs and had a .484 OPS in 82 games in 2019, but failed to maintain that level of production. In 2022, he hit just .136 / .283 / .273 with a home run in 18 games for Texas before being slated for assignment and traded to the Giants for Steven Duggar in June.
At the Triple-A level at the San Francisco Farm, Calhoun hit .291/.377/.453 with five home runs in 42 games, though in four games with the big Giants team he went 1-for-8 with one run produced.
