Scouting the Yankees in the Arizona Fall League

J.P. Feyereisen

Another new Yankees pitcher has gotten mixed results in the early going of the Arizona Fall League as well. 23-year-old righthander J.P. Feyereisen, acquired this summer from the Cleveland Indians in the Andrew Miller trade, has allowed two earned runs in his two innings of work for the Scorpions, walking three and striking out two.

Scottsdale has been using Feyereisen as their closer in the early going. He picked up the save in his first outing, but blew his second opportunity (although he did pick up the win after the Scorpions came back with a ninth inning rally).

One of his pitching coaches in the Arizona Fall League, former big leaguer Steve Schrenk, who works with the Double-A Reading Phillies, offered this assessment of Feyereisen:

"He’s got a good fastball, but needs to work on his off-speed pitches. He needs to throw that breaking ball for strike one."

Scorpions manager Tom Goodwin praised Feyereisen’s mental toughness, noting that he has, “good presence out there. He wants the ball in any situation and those guys don’t grow on trees.” Feyereisen recently discussed his aggressive approach with Randy Miller of NJ Advance Media:

"I don’t give hitters credit. I think I’m better than whomever is in the box no matter who it is. I like to throw my fastball and I like to challenge guys and see how good they are."

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Feyereisen seems like a true bulldog who goes right after opposing batters. He’s worked hard to increase his velocity into the 94-96 range over the past year, and that is really paying off with his results.