HillysLastWalk said:But this is all just baseball reference and fangraphs musings. Anyone have a scouting report? He pretty consistently has a mid 6 K-rate, in the NL, why isn't he striking out more if he has a power arm? Is it a RDLR fastball? One that touches upper 90's but doesn't get swings and misses? Don't know a lot about the guy.
The Yankees must see something in his mechanics that they think they can fix. I like the deal for NYY. Means any chance of Kuroda coming back is gone.jon abbey said:
I just read the BP annual writeups on him for the last two years, he has trouble getting people to swing at pitches out of the strike zone.
RedOctober3829 said:The Yankees must see something in his mechanics that they think they can fix. I like the deal for NYY. Means any chance of Kuroda coming back is gone.
jon abbey said:Eovaldi has had trouble harnessing his stuff, but is still just 24 (25 in February). He was the centerpiece of Miami's side of the Hanley Ramirez trade to LA in 2012, and led all of MLB in FB velocity in 2013, just ahead of Gerrit Cole.
Bob Klapisch @BobKlap 53s53 seconds ago
As @DanBarbarisi reminds, Eovaldi gave up most hits in NL last year (223). Clearly a #Yankees gamble.
jon abbey said:Olney says NY is getting a prospect also.
jon abbey said:Also I like Prado (everyone likes Prado), but he was only under contract for 2015 and then would have been/will be a pricy/semi-pricy FA.
Pretty much. Look at his trades last year - gave up Nuno (lol) for McCarthy, who just got $48M. Gave up O'Brien for Prado. Gave up Solarte for Headley.Hee Sox Choi said:It seems when Cashman makes a trade, he's usually on the winning or slightly-winning side? I'm just basing this on memory/gut, so I wanted to ask you guys, is that true?
Hee Sox Choi said:It seems when Cashman makes a trade, he's usually on the winning or slightly-winning side? I'm just basing this on memory/gut, so I wanted to ask you guys, is that true?
Bowlerman9 said:
He was signed for 2015 and 2016.
jon abbey said:Domingo German, the prospect NY got in this deal, pitched a 1/2/3 inning in the Futures game last summer, striking out Kris Bryant (95 MPH FB) and Joey Gallo (83 MPH change) back to back.
Cashman says he'll start next year in high A ball at Tampa, which is a bit surprising since he pitched at that level all of last year and did quite well, but I assume he'll move up quickly if merited.
http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?sid=milb&player_id=593334#/career/R/pitching/2014/ALL
Hoplite said:I brought this up when the Yankees acquired McCarthy and Headley and got a "well a broken clock is right twice a day response", and that's probably still the case. But I continue to wonder if the Yankees are starting to put more stock in sabermetrics. Eovaldi doesn't have a great ERA, he doesn't have a great strikeout rate or a top notch groundball rate, he has a career WHIP of 1.38. However, the last three years his xFIP has gone from 4.56 to 4.15 to 3.78 and his SIERA has gone from 4.74 to 4.36 to 3.91.
derekson said:
You could just as easily say their scouting department loves Eovaldi as a hard thrower with the potential to add a third pitch and become a front end starter. It's hard to assume the justification behind an acquisition.
DBB23 said:Yes that was what Darling was implying that he could learn from Tanaka. Cafardo also had a column either today or yesterday where Salty said he thinks Eovaldi has not even scratched the surface of what he can do. He also said Eovaldi had developed a new pitch towards the end of last season he didn't specify what the pitch as but from Darlings comment I assume its the splitter.
Its going to be an interesting spring with all the new bodies on just about every team. Do not remember another offseason where this many players have changed teams.
derekson said:
It seems like the Yankees could be one of the least active teams in the offseason for the first time in a long time though. This trade is pretty much the biggest move they've made, and while it looks like a good move by Cashman it's hardly anyone's idea of a major offseason move.