Yankees claim Jordan Parraz off waivers
ByVia Chad Jennings, the Yankees have claimed outfielder Jordan Parraz off waivers from the Red Sox, who claimed him off waivers from the Royals earlier this offseason. The 26-year-old posted a .341 wOBA in 501 plate appearances with Kansas City’s Triple-A affiliate in 2010, playing rightfield exclusively. He dabbled in center a few years back.
Baseball America ranked Parraz as the 19th best prospect in the Royals system coming in this season, saying he’s a “gap-to-gap hitter with below-average usable power,” although they note that he shows very good power in batting practice. A cannon throwing arm is Parraz’s best tool. It sounds like he’s a classic ‘tweener, without enough bat for a corner or enough glove for center. It’s a depth pickup, because the Yankees have very little outfield depth at the Triple-A level.
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Take THAT Boston. ;P
1st Turpen, now Parraz, next Lester!
PLAN B! Kidding. Good depth move.
yayyyy! (?)
is he really going to make the team as a 4th outfielder? so get ready to send him back.
It’s a waiver claim, there’s no sending him back. He’s Yankee property now.
As long as he’s on the 40-man.
Stick him on the mound. No use with the stick anymore.
Cash caught Theo sleeping again.
Instead of joking about these minor moves, I will just go ahead and say that this sounds solid.
Our AAA outfielders are flat out terrible. This guy sounds like he could come up in a pinch and get us through a week or two if we have injuries – ala Huffman – only with more upside.
Good to see Cash is on the grind.
I’ve make a lot of BS comments about this lack of moves this off-season but at this point, the less we hear, the better.
Cash needs to operate in stealth mode in order to nab us some starting pitching. I don’t want to hear a thing until we ninja a #2 from someone.
but CA$H!!!!111 hes teh suxor!!!!
Sorry, I could not refrain. I agree, though.
I’m gonna have so many old-fashioned photographs taken of me wearing wild west clothing, it’s gonna be SICK
he’s good but we need a starter