Baseball America on the Yankee farm

By On January 5, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Prospects

‘Tis the season for prospect lists, and yesterday Baseball America posted their top 10 list of Yankee farmhands.  Subscribers can also see scouting reports of the top 10 prospects, which gives some great info on the strengths and weaknesses of these players, and is definitely worth checking out.  John Manuel put together the [...]

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How Good is Cito Culver?

By On January 5, 2012 · 4 Comments · In Prospects

While writing about Johns Sickels yesterday, my mind immediately wandered to Cito Culver. He’s about as unexciting, while still a solid prospect, as a #1 pick can be. When Dante Bichette Jr. was picked, he was criticized as being a pick in Culver’s vein – unexciting and low-ceiling. Unlike Culver, Bichette pretty much quashed those [...]

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Triple-R: The Outfield

By On January 5, 2012 · 3 Comments · In Projections

(The following is being syndicated from An A-Blog for A-Rod)

The Yankee outfield trio of C-Grand, Swish, and Gardy slowly started to establish themselves as one of the best all-around outfields in baseball in 2010, especially after Curtis got the Dr. Long treatment on his swing in the second half.  [...]

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Without Nakajima, Yanks need Nunez to grow

By On January 5, 2012 · 3 Comments · In Player Analysis

This title is, admittedly, a bit hyperbolic. First off, it assumes that Hioryuki Nakajima would be a sizeable upgrade over Eduardo Nunez. Second, it overly inflates the role that either infielder would play on the Yankees. Granted, either one would probably get a fair amount of playing time, given the aging [...]

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