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Tyler Yates Elects Free Agency
TUESDAY: Pirates GM Neal Huntington told Chuck Finder of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that the team is in dialogue with Yates in hopes of retaining him.
MONDAY: Tyler Yates elected free agency after being outrighted by the Pirates, according to a team press release. Yates had Tommy John surgery in July, and outrighting him now takes him off the 40-man roster earlier than non-tendering him in December. Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote in July that "the Pirates' tentative plan for Yates is to offer him a minor league contract for 2010." The press release notes that the Pirates' 40-man roster is at 38, with Evan Meek and Jose Ascanio still on the 60-day DL.
Yates, 32, tossed 73.3 innings last year with a 4.66 ERA. At 5.0 per nine innings, walks were a problem. The Bucs acquired Yates from the Braves in March of '08 for Todd Redmond.
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I think that Yates needs to get back to using his slider more.
2007: 66.9% FB, 30.4% SL, 3.88 FIP, 3.99 tRA
2008: 76.4% FB, 23.5% SL, 4.24 FIP, 5.14 tRA
2009: 71.4% FB, 19.2% SL, 5.76 FIP, 7.09 tRA
And his slider is easily his best pitch if you go by pitch values.
Less sliders, less strikeouts, more walks, more home runs.
Does anyone know why he's been cutting down on throwing his best pitch, when it's clearly been impacting his performance?
Posted by: scribbletone | October 26, 2009 at 02:57 PM
Does anyone know why he's been cutting down on throwing his best pitch, when it's clearly been impacting his performance?
Posted by: scribbletone | October 26, 2009 at 02:57 PM
This isn't definitive but... breaking balls thrown incorrectly and/or frequently, especially sliders, have adverse effects on the arm. It's probably the reason for his Tommy John surgery.
Of course, there are a ton of alternative hypotheses but that's just my guess.
Posted by: strikethree | October 26, 2009 at 03:19 PM
Oh man...Yates was the one relief arm that would push the Pirates from being NL Central Champions to World Series Champions! Whatever are the Pirates going to do now? Let's see a Julian Tavarez re-up!! Get it done!
Posted by: goSawx | October 26, 2009 at 03:56 PM
That move puts their 2010 payroll at about 21 mill (not including arbitration eligible Capps, Duke, and Cedeno), still under 30 mill. It'll be interesting to see if they do anything this offseason.
Posted by: Kinsm | October 26, 2009 at 04:44 PM
i think the bigger issue with yates declaring for free agency is the fact we now got 2 spots open on our 40 man.
itll be interesting to see how many more moves we make in order to add more to the team
Posted by: buccosfan | October 26, 2009 at 05:18 PM
^they don't really have 2 spots open, they have to bring back the 2 that are on the 60 day in the next 3 weeks.
Posted by: Kinsm | October 26, 2009 at 05:21 PM
Yeah, they basically don't have spots because they have to add Ascanio and Meek. They'll also need to free up 3 spaces prior to the Rule 5 draft for Bryan Morris, Brad Lincoln, and Gorkys Hernandez, who they will definitely want to protect. More spots will probably be needed, as they'll probably want to add at least 1 or 2 free agents, and they seem to be Rule 5 fans themselves.
Posted by: Gnarburger | October 26, 2009 at 08:31 PM
^No way I would waste a 40 spot on Bryan Morris. I see no way on earth he makes it on a 25 man all year...low risk.
Posted by: Kinsm | October 26, 2009 at 09:51 PM
They'll want to add Lincoln and Hernandez. And probably Erickson. So at least three more half to be DFA'd or non-tendered. Luis Cruz I assume will be one, Dumatrait would probably be one if they didn't have a need for any lefty with a pulse, same with Veal (though he'd have to be offered back to CHI)...if they feel they have to hold onto the lefties I couldn't guess who the other 2 will be.
Posted by: Kinsm | October 26, 2009 at 11:35 PM
There's certainly no chance Veal will come off. There's a very good chance he will be in the rotation sometime this year. He's got a chance to be very good.
Posted by: MarkInDallas | October 27, 2009 at 12:08 AM