It's only one game, but from what Ynoa showed, there's really no mystery why the Braves put him on the 40-man. Both he or Webb would have likely been taken by a non-contender. In the case of Ynoa, he would have been stashed. He sands off the rough edges and we may have something. From watching on Gameday, it appeared he was in the upper-90s with the heat.
Nice to see Dayton get a shot. Good LOOGY numbers.
Ynoa looked good, not great yesterday. high 90's fastball, but had trouble locating his pitches. I think alot of that had to do with first-time jitters, as he was missing low. I think if he can lock down his pitches a bit more, he could be a weapon. But this is kind of the same answer for most of these young hard-throwing relievers - their biggest issue is throwing strikes.
Dayton’s numbers have been very good.
He had some buzz about him over the offseason, so I’m intrigued
He also pitched great when he was called up the first time. I was a little miffed why he got sent back down. I’m sure it was because he had the options but I’d rather have him in there than Blevins
Kinda imagine some of the young arms will be the Blevins replacements at some point in the second half when AA starts to need longer-term 40-Man Roster spots.
He threw two to the backstop as well
I’d trade him while ppl still can drool on the fastball and project
Being on the 40 man is a problem, not an asset.
We need to move some guys on the 40 man who are not impact guys for upgrades to the pitching staff.
I don’t see ynoa ad one of those guys.
Who was the last guy we had that threw 100 with control issues but somehow looked good for a month?
i could see Ynoa being dealt actually
He might be the guy to trade for a leverage reliever.
We may be seeing a Dayton v. Blevins audition to see which one goes at some point. I don't totally understand the Blevins hate. He's still a viable LOOGY. Most of his bad stats come from throwing batting practice in a couple of blow-out losses. Of the five baserunners he's inherited, only one has scored. Not a stat a lot of people other than me look at anymore, but it shows he's doing something right. If Dayton out-pitches him, fine. Blevins has carved out a decent career as a specialist and while he may be done when the 3-hitter rule comes into play, he's handy to have around in its absence.
As for Ynoa, I'd be careful. If we get a good multi-year control relief pitcher for him (likely along with others), fine and dandy. But he's 21 and I have read that one of the issues he has is that he has too many pitches and hasn't worked to hone any of them other than his fastball. Sometimes young pitchers need to zone in on their best pitches and bring them up to their highest potential instead of dinking around with pitches that may not ever translate to being above average. Ynoa has a plus-plus fastball and that's not a bad place to start working from. That said, he's a work in progress and if someone wants to pay an exorbitant price for his potential, we probably move him.
Why, he could be even better with better tutelage. Vizcaino type.