Yanks get Nathan Eovaldi

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Source: Yankees are on the verge of acquiring P Nathan Eovaldi from Marlins for Martin Prado. Teams still talking, finalizing the deal.</p>— Jack Curry (@JackCurryYES) <a href="

<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Can confirm <a href="https://twitter.com/JackCurryYES">@JackCurryYES</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Yankees?src=hash">#Yankees</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Marlins?src=hash">#Marlins</a> finalizing Prado/Phelps for Garret Jones/Nate Eovaldi</p>— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) <a href="

<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I really like this deal for Yanks.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Can confirm <a href="https://twitter.com/JackCurryYES">@JackCurryYES</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Yankees?src=hash">#Yankees</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Marlins?src=hash">#Marlins</a> finalizing Prado/Phelps for Garret Jones/Nate Eovaldi</p>— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) <a href="

<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Eovaldi was a guy I wanted. Look at his FIP numbers. I think with our defense, he would have been a GREAT fit.

This does seem like the kind of guy that turns into a stud when he joins the Yankees, and they need pitching.

That said, I thought Prado was their starting 2B. Maybe they are going for Asdrubal?

I can't believe they got Eovaldi for so little. 3.37FIP,3.78xFIP,95.7MPH fastball. If the Yankees are able to teach him a put away pitch to fix his horrible 6.4K/9, this guy has solid #2 or great #3 written all over him.

I can't believe they got Eovaldi for so little. 3.37FIP,3.78xFIP,95.7MPH fastball. If the Yankees are able to teach him a put away pitch to fix his horrible 6.4K/9, this guy has solid #2 or great #3 written all over him.

Because he's not good.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/eovalna01.shtml

And those numbers are in one of the biggest parks in the NL, which means he faces only 8 hitters.

But I'm sure now that he has the magical Yankee pixie dust he'll win 19 games with a 2.50 ERA.

Because he's not good.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/eovalna01.shtml

And those numbers are in one of the biggest parks in the NL, which means he faces only 8 hitters.

But I'm sure now that he has the magical Yankee pixie dust he'll win 19 games with a 2.50 ERA.

FIP and xFIP are park and league adjusted. Guys who average nearly 96 on their fastballs and put up 3.37FIPs do not suck. He simply doesn't have a ton of movement on his fastball. If he went the Jake Arrieta route and learned how to throw a strong cutter he'd improve his numbers a ton.

FIP and xFIP are park and league adjusted. Guys who average nearly 96 on their fastballs and put up 3.37FIPs do not suck. He simply doesn't have a ton of movement on his fastball. If he went the Jake Arrieta route and learned how to throw a strong cutter he'd improve his numbers a ton.

Fair enough; but he doesn't have that pitch yet. I don't know how much he'll help in 2015.

Prado meanwhile was going to be one of their best position players. I guess their thinking is, Prado was going to be the 3B and they are going young at 2B. Which means Headley made Prado redundant. Anyway I think this is a move that hurts them in 2015.

FIP and xFIP are park and league adjusted. Guys who average nearly 96 on their fastballs and put up 3.37FIPs do not suck. He simply doesn't have a ton of movement on his fastball. If he went the Jake Arrieta route and learned how to throw a strong cutter he'd improve his numbers a ton.

That's not really true. FIP is adjusted so that league average ERA and league average FIP are the same. If a pitcher has a higher than normal ERA in a hitters park then he will also likely have a higher FIP as well. How well an individual pitchers ERA and FIP correlate (or diverge) is dependent on a number of factors. FIP is also NOT park adjusted. xFIP is adjusted only for a leaque average HR/FB rate. FIP- is park/league adjusted measure of FIP. I'm fairly confident that fWAR applies a park/league adjustment though.

That's not really true. FIP is adjusted so that league average ERA and league average FIP are the same. If a pitcher has a higher than normal ERA in a hitters park then he will also likely have a higher FIP as well. How well an individual pitchers ERA and FIP correlate is dependent on a number of factors. FIP is also NOT park adjusted. xFIP is adjusted only for a leaque average HR/FB rate. FIP- is park/league adjusted measure of FIP. I'm fairly confident that fWAR applies a park/league adjustment though.

It does which is why you see some people with nearly identical FIP,xFIP with fairly drastically different fWAR.

It does which is why you see some people with nearly identical FIP,xFIP with fairly drastically different fWAR.

Yeah, I'm just less sure how they apply it as compared to rWAR.