Yanks Sign Another Minor Leaguer

According to Chad Jennings, the Yankees have signed minor league right-handed pitcher Zack Segovia. I know nothing about this guy so I'll leave that up to Jennings:

From roughly 2003 to 2007, he was constantly a mid-level, high-potential prospect in the Philadelphia system, but arm problems constantly slowed him down. Segovia had Tommy John surgery in 2003 and missed all of 2004, but he had a massive resurgence in 2006 (the year before the Yankees came to Scranton). He had 11 wins and a 3.11 ERA through 17 Double-A games that season, then made the Phillies opening-day roster in 2007.

That was pretty much his Phillies peak.

Segovia got into one big league game with the Phillies — five innings, five runs, eight hits – before going 1-9 in Triple-A and finished the ‘07 season back down in Double-A. He sank all the way back to A-ball the following year and eventually wound up with the Nationals, where his career had another resurgence.

He also said Segovia always seemed to be on the verge of a breakthrough. Last year had a 2.54 ERA as a reliever with Triple-A Syracuse and Opponents hit just .184 against him.