The Major League offseason continues to see an impressive number of trades and deals by all teams. and one of those that has been working the hardest to improve its ranks for the 2024 season of Major League Baseball (MLB) is precisely the New York Yankees, an organization that failed to qualify for the playoffs during the last harvest and is desperately seeking power. return to the elite of professional ball.
The Bronx Bombers reached an agreement this Tuesday with the Cleveland Guardians to send Dominican Estevan Florial for right-handed pitcher Cody Morris; The decision comes as part of manager Aaron Boone’s work to improve the organization’s pitching and thus be able to cope with the recent loss in the fight for the Japanese Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who signed a contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the coming seasons.
The 26-year-old outfielder signed with the Yankees in 2015 and emerged as one of MLB.com’s best prospects in 2019 due to his impressive pace of competition; Despite this, he fell to sixth place in 2020 and from there he lost prominence until reaching position number 30 in 2022.
His debut in the Major Leagues occurred in 2020 and from that moment on He has played a total of 48 games in which he has a lifetime batting average of .209 with one home run, 11 RBIs and six stolen bases.; These results were the cause of his drop in the list of MLB prospects and also prompted the team to send him to another organization due to the recent arrival of Dominican slugger Juan Soto, who is shaping up to be the undisputed starter in the outfield.
This season he had his best performance as a player, posting a .230 average, with eight RBIs and three stolen bases in 19 games with the Yankees; In the minor leagues he had a much more outstanding performance with a .284 average, with 28 home runs, 79 RBIs and 25 stolen bases in 101 games with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Now the Bronx Bombers will receive a 27-year-old Morris who debuted in the Major Leagues in September 2022; During the 2023 Major League Baseball season he posted a 6.75 ERA in six appearances with the Cleveland Guardians in which he struck out nine opponents and allowed six walks in eight innings of work.
During his time in the minor leagues, he went 2-1, with a 3.23 ERA, with 56 strikeouts and 27 walks in 39 innings with Triple-A Columbus and Double-A Akron; In this period he was in charge of starting four games and took the field 17 times as a reliever.
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