Last week when writing the report card for Ron Marinaccio, I noted how despite an overall strong performance from the unit as a whole, several Yankees relievers took sizable steps backward from 2022 to 2023. Marinaccio’s alarming regression earned him a D grade on the year, and while not as steep a decline as his bullpen-mate, Wandy Peralta deserves mention among that list of backsliders.
Grade: B
2023 Statistics: 63 games, 54 IP, 2.83 ERA (154 ERA+), 5.05 FIP, 4.50 xFIP, 22.5 percent K%, 13.2 percent BB%, -0.5 fWAR
2024 Contract Status: Free agent
I had mentioned how a fair chunk of Marinaccio’s success in 2022 came from an unsustainably low home run per fly ball rate.