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The Astros have acquired lefty reliever from the Yankees in exchange for minor league pitcher and international signing bonus space, according to an announcement by New York. Houston is reportedly sending $750K in bonus room. New York acquired Ferguson from the Dodgers over the offseason. He has had a difficult season, pitching to a 5.13 ERA over 42 appearances. Thats in part because of poor sequencing, as he has only stranded 62.2% of baserunners. Yet Ferguson has also been somewhat homer prone and is i suing walks at an elevated 10.3% clip. Ferguson is still mi sing a decent number of bats. Hes striking out 26.5% of opponents behind an 11.5% swinging strike rate. Those are each in line with his career marks, although his 93.7 MPH average fastball speed is a bit below the 95-96 MPH range hed posted over the previous two seasons. Over parts of five seasons Bruce Bochy Jersey with the Dodgers before last winters trade, Ferguson turned in a 3.43 earned run average. He had an identical mark acro s 60 1/3 frames last season. Ferguson doesnt have much in the way of a platoon split for his career, so hes not an ideal fit as a situational specialist, but hes only a year removed from being a solid overall middle reliever. The Astros have been light on left-handed relief for the past few seasons. They signed to a five-year contract last winter, but hes obviously holding down the ninth inning. Houston hasnt had much in the way of a middle innings option for manager Joe Espada, though that generally hasnt been a priority for their front office. Aside from Hader, only rookie and have logged any action out of the bullpen as southpaws. New York is similarly light on left-handed bullpen options, though they might take a bigger swing on the trade market in the next three hours. stands as the only southpaw in their current relief mix. The Yanks could be involved on top rental lefty or a le s exciting target like or old friend . Ferguson is making $2.4MM in his final year of arbitration. Theres a little le s than $800K in salary for the stretch run. The Yankees are paying a 110% tax on salary, so offloading Ferguson saves them around $2MM. Houston is in the second luxury tax bracket, so theyre paying a 32% tax around $250K to pick him up. Hell be a free agent next offseason. Austin, 23, is a former undrafted free agent out of UCLA. He has worked out of the bullpen in the low minors this season, turning in a 2.21 ERA acro s 36 2/3 innings. The 60 righty has dominated low minors competition, striking out 31% of opponents while i suing walks at a meager 4.7% clip. first reported the Astros were acquiring Ferguson for a minor leaguer and international bonus pool space. identified the player as Austin and reported the $750K figure. Eguy Rosario Jersey |
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