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 yr, posting a superb 1.33 ERA and 1.67 FIP whereas hanging out 28.8% of his opponents. That small-sample efficiency, together with a 2.70 ERA through the membership’s World Collection 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 huge leagues didn’t go fairly in addition to his rookie yr 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, damage would cease Gonzalez from making an attempt to repeat that success in 2022, as he was shelved by elbow debridement surgical procedure early within the yr and wound up lacking all the huge 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 price. 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 trade for prospects Jorbit Vivas and Trey Sweeney, the latter of whom would go on to be dealt to Detroit in trade 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 have been fairly regarding throughout his time in New York. After posting a stable 23.2% strikeout price and eight.4% stroll price 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 finally 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 nicely 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 look forward to the 2025 season in hopes of discovering a membership who may help him get his profession again on observe.
