[1] He returned in 2019 to play with the Single-A Charleston River Dogs, appearing in 22 games (9 starts) and posting a 6–4 win–loss record and 3.58 earned run average (ERA) with 79 strikeouts and two saves in 100+2⁄3 innings pitched.

[2] In 2021 he split the year between the High-A Hudson Valley Renegades and Double-A Somerset Patriots, making 22 starts in total and registering a 7–7 record and 3.55 ERA with 118 strikeouts in 116+2⁄3 innings pitched.

Brito spent the 2022 season with Somerset and the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, pitching to a cumulative 11–4 record and 2.96 ERA with 91 strikeouts in 112+2⁄3 innings across 26 games (23 starts).

[4] However, after Luis Severino suffered a lat injury, Brito was added to the major league rotation to begin the year.

[citation needed] On December 6, 2023, the Yankees traded Brito, Michael King, Drew Thorpe, Randy Vásquez, and Kyle Higashioka to the San Diego Padres in exchange for Juan Soto and Trent Grisham.