The Padres have signed right-hander Jimmy Yacabonis to a minor league contract, MLB Network’s Jon Heyman reports (Twitter link).
Over his three MLB seasons, Yacabonis has seen action as both a starter and a reliever for the Orioles, though he hasn’t found much success in either role. The 27-year-old has a 5.75 ERA over 101 2/3 career innings (starting 11 of 55 games), with a 6.6 K/9 and only a 1.32 K/BB rate. Yacabonis has also been plagued by the long ball over the last two seasons in particular, with a 1.9 HR/9 over his last 81 frames of work.
Yacabonis does have a live arm and a 94mph fastball, so there’s little risk for the Padres in taking to him to Spring Training and seeing if they can unlock some potential in the New Jersey native. Yacabonis will see some familiar faces from Baltimore, as former Orioles coaches Wayne Kirby and Bobby Dickerson and former O’s utilityman Ryan Flaherty are all on San Diego’s coaching staff, and of course former O’s star Manny Machado is now holding down third base for the Padres.
that’s not Stephen Strasburg
That’s not even Stephen Woods.
What about Steven Woods from 97.3 the fan?
WTH?
I was referring to a rule 5 guy the Royals picked up.
Woodsie atleast completed the Pads spring training fantasy camp… idk who tf this guy is. Hahah
This signing sends chills up my leg, yippee were now collecting most to all of the last place Orioles, I hope there success or lack thereof doesn’t continue with the Friars
YacaBONE us why don’t you
Yacabone Honda in El Cajon
Wasn’t he in the Gambino crime family before?
Yes! Finally! I’ve been waiting for this.
Signed,
No One Ever
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It was in the Paramus Holiday Inn, I was having a drink at the bar, alone, and this alien approached me. He started talking to me. He bought me a drink, and then I think he must have used some kind of a ray or a mind control device because he forced me to follow him to his room and that’s where he told me about the end of the world.
Lol
Omg!
Um… bullpen days everyday??
Kramer’s buddy.
HIs AAA numbers as a reliever were very impressive.
61..1 IP
30 Hits
0 HR’s allowed
1.31 ERA
Let’s hope the new pitching coach can bring those numbers up to the Bigs
So Preller is now going through the trash of the dumpiest house in town?
Thats how he found Hand and Yates .. So why not
I saw him get lit up by the Padres in Baltimore last summer. The Padres must have really liked him.
Preller is no Kevin Towers.
KT found Heath Bell…..Preller found Brad Hand and Kirby Yates.
So maybe he “is” Kevin Towers.
Besides…..this isn’t our #3 starter……relax.
Go back and look at Towers 1st round draft picks and tell me he was great.
Go look at Preller’s trades for major leaguers and tell me he is even average.
KT was known for his trades not so much for his trade picks, KT God bless him was one of the best GM’s we’ve had. He really knew the game was SP and a good RP, then came defense.
Who knows maybe he will be a middle reliever if his ERA shown above is really that good. I’m for the underdogs, but don’t get me wrong I’d really like to see Clevinger in our SP rotation or someone even in a second tier SP who can bring us 180 innings with an ERA under 4 and get us at least 12 W’s.