While Albert Abreu is seen by evaluators as the big prize of the New York Yankees’ return for Brian McCann, they also received a young righty in Jorge Guzman who, Kyle Glaser of Baseball America recently wrote, “could challenge Mauricio Cabrera and Aroldis Chapman for the crown of hardest-throwing big league reliever” when he makes it to the show in a few years.
The 20-year-old righty had one of the most electric heaters in the minor leagues in 2016, throwing in the 101-103 mph range regularly, although Glaser notes that Guzman is actually more effective when he works in the high 90’s because his control becomes…exciting when he goes full tilt.