Yankees To Procure Caleb Ferguson From Dodgers

February fifth, 2024 at 11:35am CST

The Yankees are securing left-hander Caleb Ferguson from the Dodgers, reports Jon Heyman of The New York Post. The Dodgers will get two possibilities in return, per Joel Sherman of The New York Post.

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Heyman adds that lefty Matt Gage, who was simply asserted by the Yankees last week, is going to the Dodgers in the arrangement. Sherman transfers that one of the possibilities is distant from the majors while the other is a Quad-A sort. Expecting Gage is the last option, that leaves one possibility left to be uncovered.

Ferguson, 27, will join another association without precedent for his vocation. He was drafted by the Dodgers in 2014 and has been with them from that point onward.

 He made his presentation in 2018, beginning his initial three significant association excursions prior to being moved to an alleviation job. Aside from a few periodic beginnings as an opener, he's remained in the warm up area from that point forward.

The outcomes have been areas of strength for very, Ferguson showing up from 2018 to 2020, throwing 112 1/3 innings while permitting 3.93 procured runs per nine. He struck out 29.1% of hitters looked in that time, gave out strolls at a 8.7% clasp and kept 44% of batted balls on the ground. Sadly, he required Tommy John medical procedure in September of 2020, clearing out the rest of that mission and keeping him from contributing at each of the 2021.

He has since gotten back to the hill and has created genuinely comparable insights to before his physical issue cutback. In 126 appearances more than 2022 and 2023, he has 113 2/3 innings pitched with a 2.85 Time. He struck out 27.5% of rivals in that time, strolling 8.8% of them and getting grounders at a 48% clasp. Those results have accompanied Ferguson moving to higher influence appearances, as he acquired seven holds in 2022 and 17 last year.

He is currently in his last time of club control, scheduled with the expectation of complimentary organization after the forthcoming season wherein he'll make a compensation of $2.4MM. This is the subsequent left-given reliever that has gone from the Dodgers to the Yankees this offseason, with Victor González having been managed to the Bronx in December.

The Yankees have involved Wandy Peralta as their essential lefty out of the warm up area as of late, yet he turned into a free specialist this offseason and endorsed with the Padres last week. They presently have Ferguson and González as their top southpaw relievers, close by righties Mud Holmes, Jonathan Loáisiga and Tommy Kahnle.

Gage, 31 one week from now, will give the Dodgers one more lefty to supplant Ferguson, however one with a more restricted history. Gage has shown up throughout recent years, getting ready for the Astros and Blue Jays, with a 1.83 Time in a small example of 19 2/3 innings.afs

He burned through the majority of last year's with Houston's Triple-A club, throwing 37 1/3 innings at that level with a 4.58 Period, 23.4% strikeout rate, 12% walk rate and 41.5% ground ball rate.

For the present, it seems the exchange will be 40-man nonpartisan. By sending Gage to the Dodgers, the Yanks opened up a 40-man spot for Ferguson. The Dodgers are likewise purportedly marking Ryan Brasier, so they will in any case have to open a spot for him however could maybe do as such by assigning Gage or another player for task.

For the Yanks, they redesign their warm up area for the 2024 season while surrendering a touch of future worth in the possibility.

The Dodgers, in the mean time, would have been confronting a program crush with the Brasier marking and have utilized one year of Ferguson's administrations to give them an additional possibility and some more list adaptability.

It wouldn't be a shock to see them seek after an alternate lefty as of now, as they are currently down to Alex Vesia, Ryan Yarbrough and Gage as their southpaw relievers.