Dodgers Make Roster Move, Add Yankees Reliever
The Los Angeles Dodgers have claimed right-handed pitcher Yoendrys Gomez off waivers from the New York Yankees, the team announced.
Gomez, 25, was designated for assignment by the Yankees earlier this week.
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Gomez has a 2.70 ERA across six appearances this season. He pitched 10 innings for the Yankees, allowing three earned runs with five hits and nine walks. He struck out five.
Gomez is a four-pitch pitcher, mainly using his four-seam fastball. He also mixes in a sweeper and a curveball, while minimally using a changeup. He stopped using a slider this year.
Gomez immediately gets added to the Dodgers 40-man roster. The official roster page on MLB.com lists him in the minors, which means he would likely start in Triple-A Oklahoma City.
Gomez made his MLB debut in 2023, pitching a two-inning scoreless outing. He then made five appearances in 2024, allowing five earned runs across 11.1 innings for a 3.97 ERA.
Overall, across 12 career appearances, Gomez had a 3.09 ERA over 23.1 innings pitched.
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Gomez could be a #8 reliever at some time during the season, especially if there are injuries. Right now he may be #13 on the reliever depth chart (if injured relief pitchers are on the depth chart) He does not strike out batters. He walks way too many batters. He induces soft contact. If he could cut down on his walks he could be acceptable. He is only 25 years old. His ERA has been acceptable. He does not necessarily need to learn a new pitch. He needs to improve his command. I don’t know why the Yankees gave up on him. If the Dodgers pitching coaches help him tweak something, he could be helpful in the 2d half, although Kopech, Graterol and Treinen should be back at some time during the 2d half, possibly Sheehan, and the only weak link on the relief staff right now is Luis Garcia, who has the Bickford role of being overused to mop up innings in low leverage situations (except he has pitched in close games, too). That might be Gomez’ role at some point. Why don’t we ever get any reports on Sheehan’s progress?