Nick Goody
| IP | 152 |
|---|---|
| ERA | 4.204 |
| WHIP | 1.342 |
| BB/9 | 4.145 |
| SO/9 | 10.895 |
- Full name Nicholas Gunnar Goody
- Born 07/06/1991 in Orlando, FL
- Profile Ht.: 5'11" / Wt.: 200 / Bats: R / Throws: R
- School Louisiana State
- Debut 07/30/2015
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Drafted in the 6th round (217th overall) by the New York Yankees in 2012 (signed for $140,000).
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The Yankees drafted Goody in 2011 out of a Florida junior college and didn't sign him, and he should go much higher than the 22nd round this year. The 6-foot-1, 190-pounder has consistently pounded the zone with a 90-93 mph fastball and a short, late-breaking slider with good power. Goody fills up the strike zone, as evidenced by a 39-3 strikeout-walk ratio. He's strictly a reliever who could move to the majors quickly.
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Goody was a two-way player as an amateur, playing shortstop behind Mets prospect Justin Nicolino at University High in Orlando, then at State JC of Florida for two years. The Yankees drafted him in the 22nd round in 2011, but he went to Louisiana State and saved 11 games while averaging 12.0 strikeouts per nine innings. New York took him again last June, signing him for $140,000 in the sixth round, and he made pro ball look easy by posting a 1.12 ERA and a 52-9 K-BB ratio in 32 innings while reaching high Class A. He resembles David Robertson a bit physically and has similar deception in his delivery. Goody hides the ball well, and hitters don't catch up to his fastball, which sits at 90-91 mph and touches 93. He commands his heater well. He's working to add a changeup from the same arm slot to help combat lefthanders. Mostly he attacks them with a solid slider that he throws in the lower 80s. His slider has good power and late, short break, helping him get groundballs as well as strikeouts. Goody has put himself on the fast track, and he's likely to close at either high Class A Tampa or Double-A Trenton in 2013.
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The Yankees drafted Goody in 2011 out of a Florida junior college and didn't sign him, and he should go much higher than the 22nd round this year. The 6-foot-1, 190-pounder has consistently pounded the zone with a 90-93 mph fastball and a short, late-breaking slider with good power. Goody fills up the strike zone, as evidenced by a 39-3 strikeout-walk ratio. He's strictly a reliever who could move to the majors quickly.
