Yarnall attended
St. Thomas Aquinas High School and
Louisiana State University (LSU), where he played college baseball for the
LSU Tigers, and was part of their
1996 College World Series championship team. In 1995, he played
collegiate summer baseball with the
Harwich Mariners of the
Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star. The
New York Mets selected Yarnall in the third round of the
1996 Major League Baseball draft. In 1998, the Mets traded Yarnall with
Preston Wilson and minor leaguer Geoff Goetz to the
Florida Marlins for
Mike Piazza. Prior to the 1999 season, the Marlins traded Yarnall with
Mark Johnson and minor leaguer Todd Noel to the
New York Yankees for
Mike Lowell. Yarnall made his major league debut with the Yankees in 1999. In 2000, the Yankees traded Yarnall,
Jackson Melián,
Drew Henson, and
Brian Reith to the
Cincinnati Reds for
Mike Frank and
Denny Neagle. Prior to the 2001 season, he was released by the Reds. Yarnall played two seasons in Japan for the
Orix BlueWave in 2001 and 2002. He returned to the United States in 2003, pitching in the minor league organizations of the
Oakland Athletics,
Boston Red Sox,
Philadelphia Phillies,
Washington Nationals, and
Kansas City Royals. Most recently, he pitched for the
independent Long Island Ducks and
Mexican League Vaqueros Laguna in 2007. ==References==