The Dodgers have designated right-hander Yoendrys Gomez for project, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic experiences. His spot on the roster will go to fellow righty J.P. Feyereisen, who’s been recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis. The Dodgers claimed Feyereisen off waivers from the D-backs final week.
Los Angeles claimed Gomez off waivers from the Yankees late final month. The 25-year-old as soon as ranked amongst New York’s prime prospects however hasn’t gotten a lot of a glance within the majors. A transfer to the Nationwide League West didn’t change that. Gomez appeared in three video games for L.A., impressing in his first look (three scoreless frames, 4 strikeouts towards the Pirates) earlier than being trounced by the Marlins for seven runs in 1 1/3 innings throughout his subsequent two outings.
In a complete of 27 2/3 large league frames, Gomez now owns a 4.88 earned run common. He’s fanned 19.1% of his opponents towards an unsightly 13.7% stroll charge. Each the Yankees and Dodgers had little recourse however to DFA Gomez when he struggled, as he’s out of minor league choices and may’t merely be despatched to Triple-A; he’d first have to clear waivers with a purpose to be despatched down.
Although the massive league monitor report is minimal, it’s at the very least attainable that Gomez will draw a glance from one other membership. Granted, almost each workforce in baseball handed on him the final time he was on waivers — the Dodgers had been twenty eighth in waiver precedence on the time and nonetheless gained the declare — however Gomez has a pleasant minor league monitor report. The 6’3″, 212-pound righty has near-identical ERAs of three.67 and three.64 in Triple-A and Double-A, respectively, and people have are available in almost an identical samples of 83 1/3 innings and 81 2/3 innings.
Gomez missed a lot of the 2021-22 seasons recovering from Tommy John surgical procedure. Coupled with the canceled 2020 minor league season, that’s reduce into his capacity to construct a extra intensive monitor report within the minors. Nonetheless, the innings he’s thrown have typically been high quality ones. Gomez punched out 27% of his Triple-A opponents final yr — a pleasant quantity that was backed by a wholesome 13.5% swinging-strike charge. Command was not and by no means has been a robust level — he walked 11.3% of opponents in 2024 and has a profession 10.8% mark within the minors — however he’s managed to search out success regardless of that flaw.
Gomez has labored primarily as a beginning pitcher within the minors. A workforce in want of some rotation depth, maybe one with some flexibility to put in him as a protracted man within the bullpen, may feasibly have a look by way of a small commerce or waiver declare. If the Dodgers handle to move him by way of waivers unclaimed, he’d keep on with the group in Triple-A as a depth arm, as Gomez doesn’t have sufficient service time or the prior outright project required to elect free company after clearing waivers.
