The Yankees have launched left-hander Victor Gonzalez, as famous by MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch. Gonzalez has been pitching for the membership’s Triple-A affiliate since he was outrighted to the minor leagues again in June.
The 28-year-old southpaw made his professional debut with the Dodgers again in 2013 however didn’t make it to the majors till the shortened 2020 season. He excelled for the membership in 20 1/3 innings of labor throughout 15 video games that 12 months, posting a wonderful 1.33 ERA and 1.67 FIP whereas placing out 28.8% of his opponents. That small-sample efficiency, together with a 2.70 ERA through the membership’s World Sequence run that October, earned Gonzalez a spot within the membership’s bullpen headed into the 2021 season. Whereas the lefty’s first full 162-game season within the massive leagues didn’t go fairly in addition to his rookie 12 months through the shortened season, he nonetheless held his personal with a stable 3.57 ERA and a 4.27 FIP in 44 video games with L.A.
Sadly, harm would cease Gonzalez from trying to repeat that success in 2022, as he was shelved by elbow debridement surgical procedure early within the 12 months and wound up lacking the whole massive league season. He returned to the majors in 2023 with the Dodgers however posted considerably middling outcomes, with a 4.01 ERA in 33 2/3 innings of labor regardless of a stable 3.40 FIP and a 22.2% strikeout charge. That mediocre season left the southpaw overtaken on the membership’s depth chart by Alex Vesia, opening the door for the Dodgers to deal Gonzalez over the offseason. They did simply that come December, when he was shipped from L.A. to the Bronx in change for prospects Jorbit Vivas and Trey Sweeney, the latter of whom would go on to be dealt to Detroit in change for Jack Flaherty over the summer season.
Now exterior of the Dodgers group for the primary time in his profession, Gonzalez made the Opening Day roster with the Yankees a member of their bullpen. Whereas he put up stable outcomes for the membership throughout 27 video games with a 3.86 ERA in 23 1/3 frames, Gonzalez’s peripherals had been fairly regarding throughout his time in New York. After posting a stable 23.2% strikeout charge and eight.4% stroll charge in his three years with the Dodgers, Gonzalez truly walked extra batters (13.4%) than he struck out (11.3%) in New York. Whereas the grounder specialist continued to maintain the ball on the bottom at a 55.1% clip, his .149 BABIP within the Bronx was clearly unsustainable and left him with ghastly peripherals together with a 5.96 FIP and 5.74 SIERA.
These peripheral numbers clearly involved the Yankees sufficient to designate him for task, and different golf equipment sufficient that he in the end went unclaimed on waivers. Since then, Gonzalez has been pitching for the membership’s Scranton/Wilkes-Barre affiliate, however his time in Triple-A has not gone particularly properly with a 4.50 ERA in 22 innings of labor. Now headed for the open marketplace for the primary time in his profession, Gonzalez will stay up for the 2025 season in hopes of discovering a membership who will help him get his profession again on monitor.
