The Yankees signed right-hander Dylan Coleman to a minor league deal last week, according to Coleman’s MLB.com profile page. It wasn’t specified if the contract included an invitation to New York’s Major League spring camp.
Sixty-eight of Coleman’s 93 2/3 career innings in the majors came as a member of the Royals bullpen in 2022, when the righty posted a 2.78 ERA, 24.6% strikeout rate, and 12.8% walk rate. These promising numbers drastically went south in 2023, as Coleman has an 8.84 ERA and a walk rate that ballooned to 19.8%, almost eclipsing his 21.9K%.
Kansas City traded Coleman to the Astros during the 2023-24 offseason, and he tossed just a single MLB inning for Houston in 2024 before being released in August. That remains Coleman’s most recent trip to the Show, as a minor league deal with the Orioles last offseason only led to more struggles. Coleman posted a 4.91 ERA over 14 2/3 innings in Baltimore’s farm system with as many walks (14) as strikeouts, and the Orioles released him in May.
Since that time, Coleman has been overhauling his mechanics with the Feole Pitching training workshop, and as per a recent post from Feole’s Instagram account, Coleman has added a cutter and power sinker to his repertoire, and his fastball velocity is up to 100mph. Coleman averaged over 98mph on his fastball when he debuted with the Royals in 2021, but that velo dropped to 95.2mph by the 2023 season.
Any team would be intrigued by triple digits on the radar gun, and there’s no risk for the Yankees in taking a first-hand look at the revamped Coleman, and also seeing what their own pitching development crew can add to his approach. All of the stuff in the world won’t help a pitcher who can’t get the ball over the plate, of course, and it remains to be seen if Coleman’s fixes extend to his extreme control problems of the last few years.
Wrong Coleman linked. FYI
Call me greedy. I was hoping for Framber, but I wasn’t really expecting him though. Collect lefty starters to go against the Dodgers eventually. 🙏
You were rooting for Jerry Coleman?
No Gary Coleman.
Unfortunately hes no longer with us.
Heya MLBTR, is there an article coming out for the new Top 100 prospects list? I think that’d be a worthwhile article and discussion. I can’t imagine that not doing gangbusters as everyone fights to defend their guys, lol.
That comment section should be closed.
But if it’s a Friday and snowing? Definitely open.
Trojan legend
Can’t say the same about former NFL cornerback Antonio Cromartie
Or former NBA player Shawn Kemp.
Very anti Trojan, obviously.
Wrong Coleman linked. Very intriguing tho. 29 with velocity that has magically jumped back up to 100+? Worth a shot.
Sounds like the Yankees future closer
It perplexes me that the Yankees are basically just running it back. They are obviously a good team and a playoff team, but I definitely don’t look at them as a championship team. So I’m not saying make change for change sake or you have to go out and spend a ton of money, but obviously there’s deficiencies. I don’t know why they don’t hone in on that and maybe try and make some trades. There’s ways to improve your team without spending a ton of money.
@Mike
No teams should ever stay pat, including the Yanks, but that’s still plenty of time for trades and waiver claims. What are there glaring needs and what’s the current inventory of available solutions?
1B, 2B, 3B, C, OF, and DH are firmly set. SS has Caballero there until Volpe returns. As far as I’m concerned, if healthy and his elite glove returns back to 2023/24 form then I’ll take that. They have 5 guys in Freid, Gil, Warren, Schlittler and Weathers that should be healthy. They expect Cole and Rondon back. They have Bednar and Doval for 8th and 9th inning duties. They have Tim Hill as the lefty. They have Fernando Cruz, Ryan Yarborough and Yerry De Los Santos are in the mix for the middle innings. Yanks have all spring to try out in-house guys like Cade Winquest (rule 5) and this guy Coleman, who both throw in the mid to upper 90s and you nene know who might pop up in the waiver site or a minute league promotion to compete for the bullpen slot. Once Rondon or Cole comes back Yanks can strengthen the pen by moving one of the starters there. Guys like Sanai, Luciano, Cabrera and a host of minor leaguers and waiver wire guys can compete for utility/depth roles. The only obvious position I want them to address an additional right handed at bay that can play 3b/1b/lf and if Valdez is open to a short term deal, maybe splurge on him and have one of the current five guys start ST in the pen in the role Yarborough has now.
KnicksFanCavsFan:
It’s not necessarily about glaring holes. To me their players often just don’t fit together. They often have too many guys who do too much of the same thing. I feel it’s like rooting for the best case scenario to happen. As far as the pitching staff, I still feel like that’s a ticking time bomb. They’re starting with two starters already injured and missing the first part of the season. Those guys aren’t young and setbacks happen. I get what you’re saying, but does this look like a championship team to you? And if not, they should be thinking how to change things up. That’s my feeling. Just feels like complacency to me.
That’s Hal’s payroll constraint for you despite what Cashman says. If the season started today, they’re fifth highest behind LAD, NYM, PHI, and TOR.
Yankees’ other minority shareholders as well must be happy with their profits.
Yanks had the best record in the AL despite missing key players. Are you mad they didn’t sign Alex Bregman or Bo Bichette or Pete Alonso?
@Yankee
So does most money spent win you anything? The objective shouldn’t be to have the highest payroll every year. This team is getting huge contributions from cost controlled players like Rice, Jazz, Volpe, Caballero, Wells, Dominguez, Warren, Gil, Schlittler and Weathers
That’s supposed to be a good thing. What did the Phillies do this year? Lost Suarez and resigned Shwab and Realmuto. They’re spending more than is but are they better? Mets are spending fat more than us but still have issues through their lineup. And the Jays lost Bichette and Bassitt and are relying on 3 questionable FA in Cease and his near 5 ERA AND 5+ ERA away from PETCO and two international players in Poncr and Okamato. There’s no certainty there. Keep a cool booty and keys see how this season goes.
KnicksFanCavsFan:
Do you think that team is a legitimate championship contender?
@Miken
Yes, indeed. We may not be as stacked as the Dodgers or balanced as the late 90s Yanks where we had several HOF players but I think this team can win 95+ games. I think the Red Sox have greatly improved on paper. The Jays have been busy but can you really count on Cease to replace Bassit? Can they count on Ponce to preform at a high level? Same for Okamato. How do they replace Bichette? What version of 36 year old Springer will they get? The 23/24 version or the 25 version?
It is exactly that. Complacency. I love(not) Hal always saying the same thing “ when it make sense to us” at the end of every comment about adding to this team. Let me ask a question. What have they done to replace the run production Goldy offered? It’s not insignificant. Someone up there mentioned Shareholders being happy with the status quo, and they aren’t wrong. At this point,unless they make a few more strong moves I have them at a tie for third in that division,maybe.with that said I gotta lot of snow to move off the roads early so good night and stay warm.
@Butters
Rice will be the starting 1b. He hit 26 homers, a 9% walk rate, 19% k rate and 3 WAR. Plus the Yanks should have Stanton back after missing 85 games last year. Of course he had to stay healthy but that’s more than they had last year. The only think missing is a right handed bat that could play 3B/1B and maybe LF. Still plenty of time. I’m not sure what you see from the Jays, O’s, Rays that make you feel insecure. The Sox are dangerous but that depends on how well Sonny Gray performs and whether they can replace Bregman’s bat.
KnicksFanCavsFan:
Ok fair enough. We just fundamentally disagree then. I’d say the Yankees a championship contender from the standpoint that anyone who makes the playoffs has a shot, but I don’t realistically look at them in that way. Too much age and injuries in the starting rotation. Too many guys in the lineup who are all or nothing hitters that feast on bad pitching but in the playoffs seem to not perform that well. Their lineup needs a little more diversity for me. There should’ve been some more changes this off-season and maybe there’s still will be.
@Miken
Gil, Warren, Weathers and Schlittler are all 27 or younger so that’s a positive. I think health is the biggest obstacle. Again..the Yanks tied for the most wins in the AL, and 3rd most in baseball, without Cole, Gil, Schmidt, Stanton, and McMahon. Having a competent starting 5 until Cole and Rondon return. Having Stanton for a full year. Having McMahon instead of DJ, Cabrera and Peraza can be a good thing. Jays and Sox have their own questions to figure out too.
KnicksFanCavsFan:
Those guys are younger, but most of those are not their best pitchers. Their best pitchers are the older guys. I don’t really like that list of pitchers you just mentioned there. Gil has injury issues and control issues. Weathers has has injury issues. Warren is only OK. Schlittler is good. The rest of those guys I don’t like very much. I know you talk about most wins in the AL but again I see them beat up on a lot of bad pitching and a lot of the weak teams and by the time they go to the playoffs, their hitters don’t seem to perform against the best pitchers. Too many guys who are swinging for home runs and constantly striking out. I don’t like McMahon at all. I only bring him up because you cited him. I agree the other teams have their issues too, so it’s not just looking at the Yankees negatives. However, at the end of the day the issue isn’t that the Yankees aren’t good. The issue is I think they’re not a championship contender in a serious way and because of that they should’ve made some more moves. I just don’t like the construction of this roster. Maybe they still will make more moves but I’m not sure
@KFCF. Yes, A rather late reply. (it’s been a busy snowy couple days.) I read a lot of your post/comments and I appreciate them. They’re very pragmatic and optimistic. My question still lingers. The Yankees have lost 76 runs in the that goldy provided. I don’t see how they’re gonna replace it. If uncle Ben has another offensive year as he had last season, it still doesn’t make up for that run production. I don’t see Volpe being the answer either. What I see in the three teams mentioned earlier in this division have all made significant signings and trades, where as the Yankees just resigned Bellinger from last season it was a dire necessary signing just to try to keep up in this division. All their other acquisitions remind me of a small market team doing business as usual. Maybe I suffer from tunnel vision but all I can see is 76 runs off the board. I’m hoping I’m wrong but I can’t see it turning out even as well as last regular season at this point, plus that bullpen still needs some serious help because guys like Blackburn aren’t the answer. now with that said, I hope I’m proven wrong. Thats just the way I see it.
Brian Cashman and Hal playing chess while everyone else is playing baseball.
That’s a damn good line Clipper
You’re absolutely right. It makes me insane. Hal is running the Yankees like an accountant and only concerned with being moderately success so long as he’s making his money. It’s legit the definition of insanity to keep just running it back and saying well guys didn’t hit last post season we can always strike gold! It’s so crazy and we just think we will catch lightening in a bottle and magically get it together
@Paddy
I’m still dumbfounded. The team went without Cole, Gil, Schmidt and Stanton for all our most of the year, broke in rookies at 1B, OF and two SP spots, suffered thru a struggling closer and, for half the season, a rotation of DJ, Cabrera and Pera,a at 3b yet still won 94 games, tied for the most in the AL. We get to the 2nd round and every single bat goes ice cold except for Judge, who’s struggled every other post-season, and every other SP chokes, aside from Schlittler and your response is to have Hal spend more? Who was the SP he failed to spend money on that would’ve made sense? Cease? Suarez? Who’s the big bat that we should’ve ponyed up on Tucker @ $60 + mil? Bichette @ $42+ mil? Bregman? We saw them selling to go to $750 mil for Soto so it’s not like they’re scared to spend for elite talent. Bichette is below average defensively @ SS and had never played 3b which is where the Mets are putting him. And it’s not like the trade market isn’t still there for us? He still had to pay the salaries of whomever he trades for. He acquired Beli, Grisham, McMahon, Jazz, Bednar, Doval and Williams all thru trades. FA isn’t the only way to improve this team. I want to win just as badly as any other fan and I want them to syrup up when the right player is available but having the highest payroll doesn’t guarantee you anything. And even if it’s not my money, keep in mind that they’re paying 110% for every $ they spend so it’s not like they’ve EVER been a team that hesitated to put money back into the team. But even I recognize the financial abilities of the Doderheims and Met72Points vs the mom and pop Yanks. Yet still, the Yanks play in the same ballpark as the others. I like this version of the team where we balance out the near $1.5 billion + invested in 5 guys with the $5 mil invested at 1b, SS, C, 4th OF and 3 starters.
@Paddy
I’m still dumbfounded. The team went without Cole, Gil, Schmidt and Stanton for all our most of the year, broke in rookies at 1B, OF and two SP spots, suffered thru a struggling closer and, for half the season, a rotation of DJ, Cabrera and Pera,a at 3b yet still won 94 games, tied for the most in the AL. We get to the 2nd round and every single bat goes ice cold except for Judge, who’s struggled every other post-season, and every other SP chokes, aside from Schlittler and your response is to have Hal spend more? Who was the SP he failed to spend money on that would’ve made sense? Cease? Suarez? Who’s the big bat that we should’ve ponyed up on Tucker @ $60 + mil? Bichette @ $42+ mil? Bregman? We saw them selling to go to $750 mil for Soto so it’s not like they’re scared to spend for elite talent. Bichette is below average defensively @ SS and had never played 3b which is where the Mets are putting him. And it’s not like the trade market isn’t still there for us? He still had to pay the salaries of whomever he trades for. He acquired Beli, Grisham, McMahon, Jazz, Bednar, Doval and Williams all thru trades. FA isn’t the only way to improve this team. I want to win just as badly as any other fan and I want them to step up up when the right player is available but having the highest payroll doesn’t guarantee you anything. And even if it’s not my money, keep in mind that they’re paying 110% for every $ they spend so it’s not like they’ve EVER been a team that hesitated to put money back into the team. But even I recognize the financial abilities of the Doderheims and Met72Points vs the mom and pop Yanks. Yet still, the Yanks play in the same ballpark as the others. I like this version of the team where we balance out the near $1.5 billion + invested in 5 guys with the $5 mil invested at 1b, SS, C, 4th OF and 3 starters.
He spits hot fire.
Clay Holmes type project?
Nice pickup. Probably never becomes a factor, but the velo pickup is intriguing.
Not the first time that a Coleman hot stove is seen at camp.
One of the Yankees’ COOLER off season moves..
Good thing they were not caught SLEEPING
and were able to get this one in the BAG
“Coleman? There’s no Coleman here.”