As soon as the No. 8 prospect within the Yankees’ farm system for 2 consecutive years, Gomez has been a high 30 prospect for the group since 2019. All through his time within the minors, Gomez had proven promise as a mid-rotation starter, twice throwing to sub-3.00 ERAs.
Constant arm and shoulder accidents vastly impacted his skilled profession. Final season, Gomez posted his career-high in innings pitched with solely 94.2 throughout Triple-A and the majors. In accordance with his scouting report, Gomez had been experiencing a downward pattern in his velocity and spin charges, whereas his management had regressed over the previous few years. Because of this, the Yankees moved him to the bullpen full-time earlier than Opening Day.
This season, Gomez obtained the decision for his third yr of major-league motion. In 10 innings with the Yankees, he maintains a 2.70 ERA with 5 strikeouts and an opponent common of .143, bringing his profession ERA down to three.09. To this point, he has utilized a four-pitch mix consisting of a sweeper, four-seamer, changeup and curveball, seemingly foregoing his slider, which had been a promising providing in prior years. Regardless of posting some strong outcomes this yr by his restricted 10-inning stint, the Yankees possible discovered his 9 walks to be worrying. Together with his management points validated, the Yankees moved him off the roster in favor of Matzek.
Given his transient success as an extended reliever with the Yankees, Gomez will possible match seamlessly into the Dodgers’ bullpen. Getting into Friday’s motion in opposition to the Pirates, the Los Angeles bullpen owns an abysmal 4.08 ERA, which ranks them 18th total in bullpen ERAs.
