Miguel Yajure Dealing With Forearm Tightness
4 years agoPittsburgh Pirates right-handed pitching prospect Miguel Yajure (forearm) has been feeling tightness in his forearm and will receive some extra days of rest while the team evaluates his health. The 23-year-old from Venezuela has started two games for the Bucs this season, allowing four earned runs on five hits while walking three and striking out eight in 9 1/3 innings of work. In three starts at the Triple-A level, he has a 3.71 ERA and 1.00 WHIP while fanning 17 and walking five over three starts (17 innings pitched). Yajure came over to Pittsburgh from the New York Yankees in the Jameson Taillon trade, and he's ranked as the team's No. 12 prospect, per MLB Pipeline. He doesn't have excellent "stuff," but he has excellent command of his pitches, which allows him to generate plenty of weak contact. There's a limited ceiling here, but the Pirates will keep their fingers crossed that his forearm tightness doesn't lead to something more serious.
Source: The Athletic - Rob Biertempfel
Source: The Athletic - Rob Biertempfel