Via MLBTR, the Yankees signed ex-Yankee-farm-guy Marcus Thames to a minor league deal today. The deal will be worth 900k for 1 year. Thames is 32 years old, and is known primarily as a power guy. He has a solid .491 career SLG, despite a very poor .306 OPB, and .243 AVG. He has experience playing LF and 1B, but it is pretty clear that he will be more of a pinch hitter. Against LHP, his career SLG is .516. Off RHP, it is .474. Thames will add some depth to the OF and could be a very useful bat off the bench. All in all, I like the signing. It is very low risk, but could reap a pretty high reward if somebody goes down…