Haven't seen any reporting on this, but it's looking a heck of a lot like our old pal has the yips.

To refresh, before the Sox let him go last season, he'd posted the following line in Charlotte: 44 IP (6 starts, 14 relief appearances), 36 hits, 41 runs, 6 HBP, 39 BB, 48 K, 7 wild pitches. Not quite proof of yips, but a little yippy.

Then the Marlins claimed him and gave him a start in AAA. Here's the play by play for that one start: HBP, BB, BB, flyout, HBP, flyout, BB, flyout (end of inning). Then K, flyout, HBP, BB, flyout, end of inning and pulled from the game. Then the Marlins cut him.

Dodgers claimed him. They sent him out there for a relief appearance, entering with 1 out in the 3rd inning. Pretty simple play by play for that outing: BB, stolen base, BB, wild pitch, BB, wild pitch, BB, end of outing. 22 pitches and 6 strikes. He then sits out for about 5 weeks. Comes in to get the final out of a blowout, throws the first pitch to the backstop and gets a flyout on the second pitch. Success! 4 days later, he makes another relief appearance. Walk, steal, steal, walk, steal, sac fly, wild pitch, walk, groundout, end of outing. 18 pitches, 4 balls. That was the end of his season.

Dodgers assigned him to AA to start this season. He made his first appearance a couple days ago, entering the inning with one out and the bases loaded. Walk, walk, walk, and then they pulled him. 13 pitches, 1 strike. The one strike was swung at but out of the zone. Every single pitch in the dirt.

I feel bad for the kid, he seemed like a good guy and although always a bit wild it seemed for a bit like he was going to have it under control and make a living in the majors. Who knows what is ahead for him now.

14 hours ago, Jake said:

Haven't seen any reporting on this, but it's looking a heck of a lot like our old pal has the yips.

To refresh, before the Sox let him go last season, he'd posted the following line in Charlotte: 44 IP (6 starts, 14 relief appearances), 36 hits, 41 runs, 6 HBP, 39 BB, 48 K, 7 wild pitches. Not quite proof of yips, but a little yippy.

Then the Marlins claimed him and gave him a start in AAA. Here's the play by play for that one start: HBP, BB, BB, flyout, HBP, flyout, BB, flyout (end of inning). Then K, flyout, HBP, BB, flyout, end of inning and pulled from the game. Then the Marlins cut him.

Dodgers claimed him. They sent him out there for a relief appearance, entering with 1 out in the 3rd inning. Pretty simple play by play for that outing: BB, stolen base, BB, wild pitch, BB, wild pitch, BB, end of outing. 22 pitches and 6 strikes. He then sits out for about 5 weeks. Comes in to get the final out of a blowout, throws the first pitch to the backstop and gets a flyout on the second pitch. Success! 4 days later, he makes another relief appearance. Walk, steal, steal, walk, steal, sac fly, wild pitch, walk, groundout, end of outing. 18 pitches, 4 balls. That was the end of his season.

Dodgers assigned him to AA to start this season. He made his first appearance a couple days ago, entering the inning with one out and the bases loaded. Walk, walk, walk, and then they pulled him. 13 pitches, 1 strike. The one strike was swung at but out of the zone. Every single pitch in the dirt.

I feel bad for the kid, he seemed like a good guy and although always a bit wild it seemed for a bit like he was going to have it under control and make a living in the majors. Who knows what is ahead for him now.

Pitching Coach.

3 hours ago, oldsox said:

Pitching Coach.

"Don't do what I did"

On 4/5/2026 at 5:23 PM, Jake said:

Who knows what is ahead for him now.

His release. The Dodgers just cut him loose today.

Too bad. I've always been fascinated by the yips, but there's no telling how it will go. Maybe he snaps out of it, but who knows on what timeline if it ever does happen. Pitchers are lucky enough as it is to have the health to be successful for very long, so it's already an uphill battle. Look to Daniel Bard for a best-case scenario, probably. Look to ex-Sox farmhand Alec Hansen for the more likely outcome.

2 minutes ago, Jake said:

Too bad. I've always been fascinated by the yips, but there's no telling how it will go. Maybe he snaps out of it, but who knows on what timeline if it ever does happen. Pitchers are lucky enough as it is to have the health to be successful for very long, so it's already an uphill battle. Look to Daniel Bard for a best-case scenario, probably. Look to ex-Sox farmhand Alec Hansen for the more likely outcome.

Alek Manoah

In golf, it was David Duval that just lost it.

On 4/9/2026 at 5:25 PM, caulfield12 said:

Alek Manoah

In golf, it was David Duval that just lost it.

At least he won a Major. Duval was arguably the best golf pro pre-Tiger.