Prospect Discipline Watch

By On April 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Prospects

Many prospect followers have recognized the importance of plate discipline in the future success of a minor league prospect.  Batting average and home runs are sexier stats to get excited about, but k:bb ratio is often an important marker of a prospect’s approach at the plate.  In this post, I will take a look at [...]

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Game Thread-#24 Burnett vs Drabek

By On April 30, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Game Thread

Yankee fans will their first look at the centerpiece of the Roy Halladay trade Mr Kyle Drabek, son of the ‘‘ for Yankee fans of a certain age. After being dealt, Kyle was ranked #1 in the Blue Jays system by Baseball America this past off season. He followed his [...]

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Microcap: Yanks drop a winnable one against Jays

By On April 30, 2011 · 6 Comments · In Game Recaps

This one’s gonna be bullet-point style, as I missed most and have a variety of personal obligations to tend to:

- was his usual studly self, holding the Yankees to two runs over six innings, though he wasn’t very economical about it, needing 109 pitches [...]

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Derek Jeter, All Star

By On April 30, 2011 · 5 Comments · In Former Players

Derek Jeter, a mainstay at the All-Star Game, is looking to appear in his sixth straight Midsummer Classic and his 12th overall, and the Yankees captain is hoping to have company from his teammates.

BA-.258 (Ranking among top 10 AL SS-#5)

OBP-.323 (Rank-#5)

SLG-.281 [...]

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