The Braves have returned right-hander and Rule 5 Draft pick Anyelo Gomez to the Yankees, the team announced earlier today. That means Gomez cleared waivers and has been outrighted off the 40-man roster. The Yankees assigned him to minor league camp.
Gomez, 25, allowed ten runs in 8.1 innings for the Braves this spring, though all the damage came recently. He started the Grapefruit League season with one run in 5.1 scoreless innings before getting tagged for nine runs in three innings across his last two outings. Ouch. Here’s a recent scouting report from 20-80 Baseball:
His plus to double plus fastball sits comfortably at 93-to-96 mph with the majority of readings at 95 mph … The changeup was fringe-average coming in at a hard 85-to-87 mph with some late parachuting drop, and occasional tumble to the arm side.