Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic <\/p>\n
The roar from Caleb Ferguson was palpable. <\/p>\n
He leaned forward after his 3-2 sweeper curled back toward the plate and then past Will Smith. He clenched his left fist. If the right one wasn\u2019t covered by a glove, that likely would\u2019ve been, too.<\/p>\n
Facing a former team for the first time in his career, Ferguson extended a strong stretch as one of the Yankees\u2019 top lefties out of the bullpen, silencing the heart of the Dodgers\u2019 order \u2014 Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman and Smith \u2014 in a 1-2-3 eighth during their loss Friday. <\/p>\n
Ferguson hasn\u2019t allowed a run in 14 of his past 16 appearances, though he was surprised by that. He\u2019s on pace to top 60 outings, with 25 in the Yankees\u2019 first 66 games, for a second consecutive campaign.<\/p>\n
And six weeks after manager Aaron Boone called Ferguson, who didn\u2019t pitch in the Yankees\u2019 11-3 loss Saturday, an \u201cimportant part of our pen,\u201d the reliever has delivered on those expectations.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was just like, man, it\u2019s the best part of their lineup, the manager puts me in that game in a tie game, it\u2019s a big spot, your manager\u2019s showing a ton of trust in you,\u201d Ferguson told The Post, acknowledging that Boone could\u2019ve pivoted in another direction based on his \u201ctrack record\u201d this season of not pitching as well as expected.<\/p>\n
But Ferguson had never experienced the emotions of facing his former MLB team before. <\/p>\n
He was drafted in the 38th round by the Dodgers in 2014, recovered from Tommy John surgery and gradually \u2014 step by step and minor-league affiliate by minor-league affiliate \u2014 cracked the majors.<\/p>\n
At first, he wanted to become a starter \u2014 a dream that hasn\u2019t necessarily faded even at this point, Ferguson said. <\/p>\n
A role materialized in the bullpen, though, and he turned that into a stable stretch with the Dodgers before being acquired by the Yankees ahead of the 2024 season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think being a starting pitcher is a privilege,\u201d Ferguson said. \u201cThere\u2019s a reason starters are starters, and I think that\u2019s something that\u2019s really cool. But sometimes it feels just as cool to get the big outs in the back end of a game, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the latest sample, Ferguson fired two strikes to Ohtani and then got the Dodgers\u2019 superstar to fly out. <\/p>\n
He battled through a pair of foul balls by Freeman and induced a lineout, too. Then came the strikeout against Smith, who was in his wedding party when they were teammates.<\/p>\n
Ferguson still hasn\u2019t pitched as well as he wants. <\/p>\n
There was a brutal seventh inning against the Rays last month. <\/p>\n
He still thinks he\u2019s a pitch or two away. But recently, Ferguson has felt as if he\u2019s \u201ctrending in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n
The latest glimpse just happened to unfold against his former team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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