I'm going to attempt to do some type of review for all the current players on the Yankees 40 Man Roster. I'm sure that some of these will be almost immediately out of date, but just a 'fun' offseason task.
We're going to start with those players currently in the minors and work our way up to Judge, Cole, etc.
Acknowledging that, with some of these, this might be the first time that I'm really looking at these players critically so part of this will just be even remotely familiarizing myself with their careers to-date. I'll also try to do a floor/ceiling review for each of them for the 2025 season.
We'll start with Yerry De Los Santos...
Yerry was added to the 40M on 11/4. He spent all of 2024 in AAA after being signed as a free agent last year. Across 59 IP last year, he had an ERA over 4 with 8.39 K/9 (up slightly over his career baseline).
95mph Sinker, slider, change mix.
There does seem to be some solid spin on his off-speed pitches:
Fangraphs has his slider as his ++ pitch with 104 Stf+, but across the board, we're talking about fairly average to below-average arsenal, with fairly limited upside. He uses that slider about 20% of the time, here's an example:
Floor: Remains buried in AAA or traded to a team that needs arms at the major league level.
Ceiling: Low leverage arm in the Yankees 2024 bullpen if other pieces are traded away, he still has options to play with. The Yankees pitching staff could unlock something here, but my expectations are low.
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