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Who Is Cody Morris? New York's Newest Pitcher Who Was Acquired From Cleveland In Exchange For Right Fielder Estevan Florial

Who is Cody Morris?

New York the team that wears the pinstripes newest pitcher who was acquired from Cleveland in exchange for right fielder Estevan Florial.

When?

Tuesday December 26, 2023!

Before being traded from Cleveland to New York in exchange for Estevan Florial Cody Morris who is a right handed pitcher was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in round 7 of 2018 MLB Draft as 223 pick out of South Carolina. Cody Morris would go on to make his debut for now Cleveland Guardians on September 9, 2022. There Cody Morris would pitch two seasons. In 2022 for Cleveland Cody Morris finished with record of 1-2 with an earn run average of 2.28. In 2023 Cody Morris finished with a record of 0-0 with an earn run average of 6.75 with Carl Willis as his Pitching Coach

According to mlb.com

With Cody Morris being acquired in exchange for right fielder Estevan Florial his new pitching coach is going to be former Cleveland Pitching Director current New York Pitching Coach Matt Blake.

Following New York acquiring Cody Morris from Cleveland New York the team that wears the pinstripes manager Aaron Boone had this to say!

It definitely hurt, some of the people we’ve given up,“

According to Bryan Hoch article https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-acquire-cody-morris-from-guardians-for-estevan-florial

Examples?

Kyle Higashioka, Michael King, Randy Vasquez who were traded to San Diego in exchange for Juan Soto.

In 2023 season for New York the team that wears the pinstripes Kyle Higashioka caught 92 games, had 242 at bats contributed offensively 24 runs, 57 hits , 10 home runs ,34 runs batted in , 14 walks had a batting average of 236.

In 2023 season for New York the team that wears the pinstripes Michael King had a record of 4-8 with an earn run average of 2.75.

In 2023 season Randy Vasquez had a record of 2-2 with an earn run average of 2.87

According to mlb.com

We do feel good about the next crop … there’s a lot of guys that we feel like are pushing up to that next level to be important depth pieces for us this year.”

According to Bryan Hoch article https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-acquire-cody-morris-from-guardians-for-estevan-florial