The youth movement is in full effect here in the Bronx and the team is only going to get younger and more homegrown as this year and next year pass. Out with the old and in with the new is the ultimate saying and as the Alex Rodriguez’s and the Mark Teixeira’s retired last season we saw the emergence’s of Greg Bird, Aaron Judge, Tyler Austin and others. Now as CC Sabathia inches towards an end to his Yankees tenure and many others begin their downhill climb towards free agency or retirement the Yankees will need some fresh arms to fill the void. Is one of those arms potentially, and finally, going to be Domingo German?
If you don’t remember Domingo German he was one of the
prospects thrown into the deal that sent Nathan Eovaldi and Garrett Jones to
the Yankees while Miami got Martin Prado and David Phelps. For a long time this
was considered to be a “lost” trade for the Yankees but two years later and
with German finally healthy it seems like the Yankees are ready to turn that
trade around just a bit. German missed the entire 2015 season with Tommy John
surgery and was non-tendered before being re-signed eight days later to a new
minor league contract. In 2016 German returned to the mound on June 26th
and finished the season with a 3.12 ERA and 1.047 WHIP between Single-A
Charleston and High-A Tampa.
German had his doubters coming through the system and I can
even remember reading that his 2015 Tommy John surgery would likely be the end
of his career but somehow German has come back stronger and better than he has
ever been. German, listed at 6’2” and 175 pounds while capable of throwing in
excess of 95 MPH, has worked on a curveball and a changeup to compliment his
powerful fastball and many scouts think this can explain the sudden growth from
the right-hander.
German may be far away but he is on the team’s 40 man roster
so a call up is not completely out of the question this season. It may be as a
September call up or it may be in an emergency but this season we could totally
see German. I won’t be the one to count him out.
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