CALL-UPS: June 2-8, 2014
Jun 7 2014
Contributing writers: Jeremy Deloney (JD), Chris Mallonee (CM), Nick Richards (NR) and Matthew St-Germain (MSG).
June 8
Kirby Yates (RHP, TAM)
Yates has an undersized 5’10”, 170 lb. frame, but armed with a nasty fastball/slider combo, he's dominated in the higher levels of the minors. His 92-93 mph (96 top) fastball has plus movement and bite, and is on a difficult plane to pick up due to his arm slot and height. His 82-85 mph slider is also a true out pitch that eats up right-handers. He's shown elite strike-out ability throughout his career. However, Yates has difficulty controlling the extreme movement on his fastball, but a mechanical tweak in 2013 brought his Ctl down to a respectable 3.2 in 2014. Additionally, he does an...
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