Darrell Wayne Rasner (born January 13, 1981 in Carson City, Nevada) is a Major League Baseball pitcher who currently plays for the New York Yankees. Previously a relief pitcher, he began the season as the fifth member of the Yankees rotation.
Rasner attended the University of Nevada, where he was a health ecology major. He was selected by the Montreal Expos in the second round (46th overall) of the amateur entry draft.
Rasner began his major league career with the Washington Nationals, pitching in a few games late in the season. He was claimed off waivers by the New York Yankees in the 2005 off-season.
Rasner recorded his first major league win on September 3, , in a game he started for the Yankees against the Minnesota Twins. Rasner went 6 innings, allowing 4 hits, 1 earned run, 2 strikeouts and no walks in a 10-1 victory.
On May 19, 2007, in a start against the New York Mets, Rasner was struck on the right hand by a ball hit by Endy Chavez, a former teammate with the Expos. He fractured his right index finger and did not pitch in the major leagues again that season, though he pitched at several levels of the minor leagues on rehab assignments.
Rasner was not offered a new contract by the Yankees and became a free agent on December 12, 2007, but was re-signed a couple of days later to a minor league deal.
