April 26: The Dodgers have formally added Gómez to their energetic roster. In a corresponding transfer, the workforce optioned right-hander Noah Davis.
April 25: The Dodgers have claimed right-hander Yoendrys Gómez off waivers from the Yankees, in response to bulletins from each golf equipment. The Yankees designated him for project earlier this week. The Dodgers have had an open 40-man roster spot since designating outfielder Eddie Rosario for project on the weekend. Since Gómez is out of choices, they might want to open an energetic roster spot for him as soon as he reviews to the membership.
Gómez, 25, joins a brand new group for the primary time. The Yankees signed him as a world novice out of Venezuela again in 2016. As he climbed the ladder, he labored his means into being one of many high 30 prospects within the system. The Yankees added him to their 40-man roster in November of 2020 to maintain him out of the Rule 5 draft.
Since then, he has hardly been given an opportunity to face main league hitters. He used up three choice years within the 2021-2023 seasons. Tommy John surgical procedure in 2021 performed a task there, as he wasn’t in a position to pitch a lot in that yr or in 2022. The Yankees got a fourth choice for 2024, however he got here into 2025 out of choices and with simply 13 1/3 innings of main league pitching beneath his belt. He held an extended reduction function for the primary few weeks of this season, tossing 10 innings over six appearances.
Total, Gómez has a 3.09 earned run common in 23 1/3 huge league innings thus far. That’s not a lot to go on, however his minor league numbers are presumably intriguing to the Dodgers. Throughout 2023 and 2024, he tossed 148 2/3 innings on the farm with a 3.63 ERA. His 12.3% stroll price was on the excessive facet however he struck out 27.7% of batters confronted.
The Dodgers are usually keen to wager on proficient however injury-prone pitchers and infrequently discover themselves rotating by way of numerous arms over the course of a season. In the mean time, they’ve 12 pitchers on the injured listing. Lots of these underwent main surgical procedures final yr, that means the membership wasn’t relying on them to contribute in 2025. Nevertheless, they’ve additionally seen guys like Blake Snell, Blake Treinen and Tony Gonsolin get harm prior to now few weeks.
Proper now, their rotation is all the way down to Tyler Glasnow, Dustin Might, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki. The membership is attempting to maintain Yamamoto and Sasaki on a weekly pitching schedule, which is customary in Japan. As such, they’ve been doing the occasional spot begin or bullpen recreation. Guys like Landon Knack, Justin Wrobleski and Bobby Miller have made spot begins this month. On Wednesday, Ben Casparius began a bullpen recreation, with six relievers coming in after him. Additionally they used seven pitchers in Tuesday’s extra-innings recreation at Wrigley.
The Dodgers had an off-day yesterday however have leaned closely on their employees. Gómez will give them a recent arm every time he meets up with them. He tossed three innings for the Yanks on Monday, so he ought to be capable to be deployed as a multi-inning man in some capability. The Dodgers have Yamamoto, Sasaki, Glasnow and Might scheduled to pitch the following 4 video games however may want one other sport begin and/or bullpen recreation by Tuesday. Gonsolin tossed 5 innings in a rehab begin on Wednesday, so he is likely to be an element within the membership’s plans as nicely.
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