Soriano to Yankees for RHP Corey Black

[Guest]

Jason Parks[/url]"]He's a short RHP with a high-effort delivery and a very good FB. I've seen him work 95-plus with ease, showing good late life on the ball. It's a 7 pitch. He's a reliever all the way. I've seen him drop a decent CH before, and I know he had both a CB and SL. He could be a seventh-inning type, but it's a limited ceiling.

 

If the Cubs agreed with that evaluation of his ceiling, they would have taken the rumored AA reliever. Whitley, I think it was?

 

Plus, most are saying his change is a plus pitch.

[The-Kris-Bryant]

Jason Parks is worse than Keith Law when Law was at BP.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Apparently Cashman didn't want to make the Soriano trade, but was pressured into it by ownership. If I were him I would be planning my exit from New York and looking for another job with less owner interference.

 

Cashman would not directly confirm what he advised Hal Steinbrenner, but told The Post: “I would say we are in a desperate time. Ownership wants to go for it. I didn’t want to give up a young arm [Corey Black]. But I understand the desperate need we have for offense. And Soriano will help us. The bottom line is this guy makes us better. Did ownership want him? Absolutely, yes. Does he make us better? Absolutely, yes. This is what Hal wants, and this is why we are doing it.”

 

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yankees/sori_no_mzJu6LVyJb31fpQ5RVHqOM

[Illini Iceman]

Apparently Cashman didn't want to make the Soriano trade, but was pressured into it by ownership. If I were him I would be planning my exit from New York and looking for another job with less owner interference.

 

Cashman would not directly confirm what he advised Hal Steinbrenner, but told The Post: “I would say we are in a desperate time. Ownership wants to go for it. I didn’t want to give up a young arm [Corey Black]. But I understand the desperate need we have for offense. And Soriano will help us. The bottom line is this guy makes us better. Did ownership want him? Absolutely, yes. Does he make us better? Absolutely, yes. This is what Hal wants, and this is why we are doing it.”

 

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yankees/sori_no_mzJu6LVyJb31fpQ5RVHqOM

 

 

Deja vu

[Guest]

Jason Parks[/url]"]He's a short RHP with a high-effort delivery and a very good FB. I've seen him work 95-plus with ease, showing good late life on the ball. It's a 7 pitch. He's a reliever all the way. I've seen him drop a decent CH before, and I know he had both a CB and SL. He could be a seventh-inning type, but it's a limited ceiling.

 

If the Cubs agreed with that evaluation of his ceiling, they would have taken the rumored AA reliever. Whitley, I think it was?

 

Plus, most are saying his change is a plus pitch.

 

I'm guessing the Cubs either disagree with that evaluation or still prefer Black to other options.

[Clem Fandango]

Jason Parks[/url]"]He's a short RHP with a high-effort delivery and a very good FB. I've seen him work 95-plus with ease, showing good late life on the ball. It's a 7 pitch. He's a reliever all the way. I've seen him drop a decent CH before, and I know he had both a CB and SL. He could be a seventh-inning type, but it's a limited ceiling.

 

If the Cubs agreed with that evaluation of his ceiling, they would have taken the rumored AA reliever. Whitley, I think it was?

 

Plus, most are saying his change is a plus pitch.

 

I'm guessing the Cubs either disagree with that evaluation or still prefer Black to other options.

 

It sounds like Parks was just stating what he knew of him personally form seeing him pitch, and it sounds like he's inferring he hasn't seen a lot of him so he's just going off of what he knows.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Apparently Cashman didn't want to make the Soriano trade, but was pressured into it by ownership. If I were him I would be planning my exit from New York and looking for another job with less owner interference.

 

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yankees/sori_no_mzJu6LVyJb31fpQ5RVHqOM

 

Theo's always willing to add to his FO team.

[TruffleShuffle]

Jason Parks[/url]"]He's a short RHP with a high-effort delivery and a very good FB. I've seen him work 95-plus with ease, showing good late life on the ball. It's a 7 pitch. He's a reliever all the way. I've seen him drop a decent CH before, and I know he had both a CB and SL. He could be a seventh-inning type, but it's a limited ceiling.

 

If the Cubs agreed with that evaluation of his ceiling, they would have taken the rumored AA reliever. Whitley, I think it was?

 

Plus, most are saying his change is a plus pitch.

 

I'm guessing the Cubs either disagree with that evaluation or still prefer Black to other options.

 

It sounds like Parks was just stating what he knew of him personally form seeing him pitch, and it sounds like he's inferring he hasn't seen a lot of him so he's just going off of what he knows.

 

It's a pretty reasonable stance. Smallish frame with a big fastball and spotty control. Those guys usually end up in the pen.

[Lefty]

Most of us here would probably agree that a team bullpen is the most variable element to a team. To avoid the Hendry strategy of signing the FA reliever with the best ERA in 60 innings, we are collecting bullpen arms for the time when it matters. You need 5 or 6 guys, what do we have, 15 intriguing arms in A?

[jersey cubs fan]

Corey Black ‏@CblackCHC 1h

For my physical done. Took all of five minutes for the doc to sign off. Ready to throw for the cubs

Retweeted by Paul Sullivan

[Banedon]

Corey Black ‏@CblackCHC 1h

For my physical done. Took all of five minutes for the doc to sign off. Ready to throw for the cubs

Retweeted by Paul Sullivan

 

Did he change his twitter handle?

[BeerHere]

Jason Parks[/url]"]He's a short RHP with a high-effort delivery and a very good FB. I've seen him work 95-plus with ease, showing good late life on the ball. It's a 7 pitch. He's a reliever all the way. I've seen him drop a decent CH before, and I know he had both a CB and SL. He could be a seventh-inning type, but it's a limited ceiling.

 

How is it possible for a guy to have a "high-effort delivery" and still hit 95 "with ease"? Those terms seem to be contradictory.

[jersey cubs fan]

Corey Black ‏@CblackCHC 1h

For my physical done. Took all of five minutes for the doc to sign off. Ready to throw for the cubs

Retweeted by Paul Sullivan

 

Did he change his twitter handle?

 

It would appear so.

[Banedon]

Corey Black ‏@CblackCHC 1h

For my physical done. Took all of five minutes for the doc to sign off. Ready to throw for the cubs

Retweeted by Paul Sullivan

 

Did he change his twitter handle?

 

It would appear so.

 

Heh, dumb question in retrospect. Would've been a pretty awkward run with the Yanks if that's not a change.

[Warpticon]

Jason Parks[/url]"]He's a short RHP with a high-effort delivery and a very good FB. I've seen him work 95-plus with ease, showing good late life on the ball. It's a 7 pitch. He's a reliever all the way. I've seen him drop a decent CH before, and I know he had both a CB and SL. He could be a seventh-inning type, but it's a limited ceiling.

 

How is it possible for a guy to have a "high-effort delivery" and still hit 95 "with ease"? Those terms seem to be contradictory.

 

I wouldn't think so. I'd assume the high-effort delivery refers to how loose and how much body/strength he has to put into it, and the ease is more about consistency of hitting that velocity.