Yankees deal for Garrett Cooper

[jacksonianmarch]

Strange indeed.

 

We dealt Tyler Webb, a lefty rookie with promise to be a solid reliever long term to the Brew Crew for AAA 1b Garrett Cooper. Cooper was a 6th round draftee out of Auburn in 2013. He's progressed through their minors on a reasonable pace. This year in AAA, he has hit 17 homers with a 1.080OPS, albeit in the PCL, which is a notorious hitters league. He's also hitting a ridiculous .366 with a really low K rate for a power hitter. Should be an interesting trial period for him here. He slots in immediately at 1b for us. I won't hold my breath as PCL numbers are typically taken with a grain of salt, but so be it. Cannot be worse than watching the s*** that has been there previously