Tag: Yovanny Cruz
My Take: Yankees Acquire Luis Garcia Jr.
The trade: Yankees acquire 1B/DH Luis Garcia Jr. from the Nationals for RHP Yovanny Cruz, RHP Jake Bird, RHP Jack Cebert, and RHP Ben Grable From the Yankees’ perspective: The Yankees need a bat. Garcia Jr. leads the National League in slugging percentage. From an offensive perspective, this is the perfect fit. Defensively? They will […]
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Top 30 Prospects Injury Log Notes: RHP Yovanny Cruz is in the Bronx! The 26-year-old hard thrower owned a 3.00 ERA (4.41 FIP) over 18 innings for Scranton. He owned impressive 29.1% K and 52.3% GB rates but a less-than-impressive 11.4% BB. The average velocity on his four-seam fastball was 99.2 MPH, easily topping 100 MPH […]
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