Holy crap. There was a move, and it was an important one. Finally, the New York Yankees have made a move to improve their relief and it's a horse. Larry Brown Sports writes:
"The Yankees announced Monday that they have acquired reliever Caleb Ferguson in a trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers. In exchange for the lefty Ferguson, the Yankees are sending Matt Gage, another left-handed reliever, and Christian Zazueta, a righty pitching prospect, back to the Dodgers."Matt Gage was a Yankee for about 8 minutes, but it was clear Brian Cashman needed a decent player to flip and he did just that to secure Caleb Ferguson. Fergie is better than Gage and a nice move. Now we just need a starter, and we are good to go. I'll say it again, I'm not a Stroman guy.
Ferguson is a 27-year-old lefty and a stud. Yahoo Sports writes:
"Ferguson, 27, had a solid year for the Dodgers in 2023, with a 3.43 ERA and 1.44 WHIP with 70 strikeouts in 60.1 innings over 68 appearances -- including seven starts.
He is in his final year of arbitration, and is set to earn $2.4 million before hitting free agency after the season.
During his five-year career, all with the Dodgers, Ferguson has a 3.43 ERA and 1.28 WHIP and has struck out nearly 11 batters per nine innings.
He's had success against both lefties and righties, and fared better against right-handers than left-handers last season -- holding them to a .702 OPS (lefties had a .748 OPS against him)."
I'm happy to be a Yankee fan today! Again though... we need a starter now... one more starter!
Will we get it? Who knows.
