New York Yankees-The ‘Win Later’ organization

By Steve S. On July 31, 2011 · 44 Comments · In Prospects, Trade Musings

Unless you’ve been , I’m sure you know by now that Rockies ace Ubaldo Jimenez has been traded to the Cleveland Indians for a package of 4 players. They traded two of their best pitching prospects, one of whom is in AA and has ace potential and the other a MLB [...]

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Minor League Update

By Sean P. On July 28, 2011 · 5 Comments · In Prospects, Statistical Analysis

Not having done this in awhile, I put together some lists you all might find interesting to look at. Hitters this time, pitchers next time. These are system leaderboards and as always, the cautionary small sample size warning is given.

 

If you’ve been following the [...]

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Will Montero force the Yankees’ hand?

By Eric Schultz On July 28, 2011 · 7 Comments · In Player Analysis, Prospects

Lots of digital ink has been spilled discussing the Yankees’ handling of Jesus Montero over the past few weeks, with many reasonable people coming to different conclusions about when the 21 year-old catcher should be promoted to the bigs.  A number of people (myself included) were unsatisfied with Montero’s offensive line at AAA (OPS’ing in [...]

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My Philosophy on this Trade Deadline

By Sean P. On July 26, 2011 · 28 Comments · In General Musings, Prospects, Trade Musings

With less than a week to go before the trade deadline, there has been little buzz about the Yankees aggressively perusing a trade. remains “unlikely” to be traded and the rest of the market looks rather thin. and a list of lesser pitchers also appear to [...]

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Jesus Montero’s Declining Stock

By Steve S. On July 23, 2011 · 58 Comments · In Prospects

 

Following up on Larry’s piece on prospect hugging, I wanted to insert another reality check about a prominent member of the Yankee farm system. For years, we’ve heard about Jesus Montero’s “can’t miss bat” from respected sources like Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus. Scouts and talent evaluators all agreed (or did at one [...]

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My own two cents on prospect-hugging

By Larry Koestler On July 21, 2011 · 22 Comments · In Prospects

With the news that the Rockies would consider moving and that their opening asking price for the Yankees were the team’s top three prospects — Jesus Montero, Manny Banuelos and Dellin Betances, along with young starter — I’ve had [...]

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Midseason Prospect Rankings

By Steve S. On July 16, 2011 · 18 Comments · In Prospects

 

As we near closer to the July 31st trade deadline, I’m sure many of you have been wondering what has happened to the ranking of some of the various Yankee top farmhands. While true talent level doesn’t change, how that talent level is perceived can have a big impact on how other GMs [...]

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Mid Season Top Prospect List

By Sean P. On July 14, 2011 · 14 Comments · In Prospects

Well, why not? Here’s my “process”- I like upside, I like guys who are young for their level and I also have to consider the results. Tools don’t always translate into results obviously and it goes the other way as well- just because a guy is putting up huge numbers in A ball doesn’t make him a [...]

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A look back at the offseason top 30

By Eric Schultz On July 12, 2011 · 10 Comments · In Prospects

With the MLB season hitting the All Star break, I thought this would be a good opportunity to take a look back at EJ’s Top 30 prospects list (since the man himself is out in the woods) to see if there have been any substantial changes in the fortunes of the Yankee prospects in [...]

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Despite some struggles, Yankee farm system remains strong

By Eric Schultz On July 8, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Prospects

Yesterday, Baseball America revealed its midseason Top 50 Prospects list, and three Yankees made the cut.  Jesus Montero, #3 on the preseason list, fell slightly to #8.  Manny Banuelos, #41 on the old list, rose to #13.  Dellin Betances jumped from 43 to 26.  Gary Sanchez was another faller, beginning the season ranked #30 and [...]

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