Yankees Zach McAllister Sent To Indians
Via Bryan Hoch -
The Yankees sent right-hander Zach McAllister to the Indians on Friday, as the player to be named later, completing the July 30 trade for outfielder Austin Kearns.
The 22-year-old McAllister was regarded as one of the Yankees’ top pitching prospects coming into this campaign, earning selection last season as the club’s Minor League Pitcher of the Year with Double-A Trenton and ranked as New York’s fifth-best prospect by Baseball America.
McAllister had spent all of this year at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, going 8-10 with a 5.09 ERA in 24 starts, ranking 11th in the International League in innings pitched (132 2/3). He was a third-round selection in the 2006 First-Year Player Draft.
Coming into this season, McAllister was ranked by BBA as the 34th best RH SP prospect in all of baseball. And, at the end of last season, BBA had him as the Yankees 5th best prospect, overall.
He’s a big kid. Still only 22-years old. But, he doesn’t light up the radar gun like guys such as Brackman and Betances. I guess the Yankees see him as a heavier version of Tyler Clippard – and thus expendable. Maybe he’ll get a movie deal now that he’s been labeled as such?
Perfect situation for McAllister, he may see the majors this year or next with the rebuilding Indians.
Raf wrote:
Agreed. On the one hand, I’m sorry it didn’t work out for him here. His 2010 regression was ill-timed considering the vacancies the Yanks might have in the rotation/bullpen next year. On the other hand, he was made redundant by others who progressed more quickly this year and that’s a good thing for the Yanks.
Best wishes and good luck to Zach in Cleveland, he’s gonna need it.