Gabrielle O. Alvarez-Tillman - Contributing Reporter
And we haven't forgotten about Yan signing with Augusta. Rumor has it he's already handing out cervezas in the club house. At just 18 years old, he comes to Cobbfather from Santiago, Mexico and looking like he could be a solid bullpen piece to any club. Perhaps not quite the splits an owner would like for the bonus he signed but what else are you going to do with the money this year? Only thing worse than wasting money is seeing another Amazon package at your front door that your spouse ordered.
Yan doesn't quite have the stamina to go long into the game but enough to get the job done. We were surprised there weren't a lot of great comps for this type of player. Solid control and versus lefties, fantastic 4-seam and Slider with pretty decent velocity. But it's against Righties that he needs to improve if he wants a long career in the majors. Pepper Beard comes to mind but he's retired now. Perhaps Herctor Morales, but again he's retired. Maybe the best is Jimmie Perez was about league average as they come last season. This year has been much better for him, but he's also a starter and things go completely different in the bullpen. We'll spare Galvez the pain in reading this, but his comps aren't looking all that fantastic. Best of luck to the young man as he makes his way through the Augusta minors.