mvn.com - 3/26/2008
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It’s official: Tyler Yates is no longer a Brave . After a horrendous spring and an extremely mixed couple of years in Atlanta, in which his tantalizing stuff and promise were offset at the worst times by a complete inability to pitch on short rest, or, seemingly, in high-leverage situations, he was traded by Frank Wren yesterday. He was out of options, and it was getting clearer that ...
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Pirates Pick Up Yates from Atlanta
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... from his splits (.213/.297/.297 vs RHB, .310/.400/.560 vs LHB), I’m guessing that Yates needs to do a better job of changing speeds. If he can, he just might become a useful setup man in Pittsburgh (for whatever glory that might hold). If not, Yates can continue to work in low-leverage situations and maybe have a career as the new Brian Boehringer.
Hey, somebody has to do it…
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