1:23pm: The Yankees are acquiring catcher Omar Alfonzo and outfielder Luis Cruz in the deal, Francys Romero of BeisbolFR.com reports.
1:17pm: The Pirates and Yankees are in agreement on a trade that will send right-handed reliever Camilo Doval from New York to Pittsburgh in exchange for two prospects, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN.
The hard-throwing Doval came to the Yankees from the Giants at last year’s trade deadline. He’s had an up-and-down tenure in the Bronx and has seemed like a possible change-of-scenery candidate throughout the season. Doval is a clearly talented reliever — a 2023 All-Star who’s saved 109 games and tallied 25 holds to this point in his career. However, he’s proven to be a tough fit at Yankee Stadium due to struggles against left-handed opponents who’ve capitalized on the Yankee Stadium’s notoriously short right-field porch.
Doval, 29, has a 7.08 ERA and five homers allowed in 20 1/3 innings at home this season, compared to a 1.86 ERA and one homer allowed in 19 1/3 frames on the road. He’s held righties to an awful .143/.231/.247 batting line but been tagged for a .360/.425/.573 line when facing left-handed batters. There’s clearly more to those struggles than his home park, but the dimensions of Yankee Stadium have fairly obviously exacerbated that susceptibility to left-handed opponents.
More to come.
