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[jon abbey]

I thought we should have a rolling thread for any notable news on prospects here...

Today's tidbits from the game between the major league team and a bunch of their biggest prospects:

1) Montero ripped two hits off Javier Vazquez, a double to right-center and a single to left. Girardi was saying he always seems to find a way to get the barrel on the ball, the second hit was on a pitch at his ankles.

2) Slade Heathcott (1st round pick in 2009, CF) is really really fast. He beat out a routine grounder to A-Rod in the first, and later was barely out on a routine grounder to first.

[Wingack]

Was this on TV? Did you get a chance to watch?

Heathcott intrigues me. He seems to have a Josh Hamilton type skillset.

[jon abbey]

It was on YES, I watched the first half or so until most of the guys I cared about were pulled.

The only tool I saw from Heathcott today was speed, but he looked like Gardner or Ichiro out there, really impressive.

[fren123]

Christian Garcia felt pain in his elbow after his FIRST start. No results on the MRI yet, but he's most likely done--for good.

[jon abbey]

Christian Garcia felt pain in his elbow after his FIRST start. No results on the MRI yet, but he's most likely done--for good.

Actually the results came in yesterday, torn elbow ligament. Quite a bit of info here:

http://thunderbaseball.wordpress.com/

[Wingack]

NYPost article today was saying he was getting TJ.

Just cut the kid loose at this point.

[jon abbey]

Brackman is getting shelled in A ball so far, 12 earned runs in 8 innings in two starts.

[Quintanariffic]

Brackman is getting shelled in A ball so far, 12 earned runs in 8 innings in two starts.

At what point do his remaining defenders/optimists in Yankeeland give it up?

[jon abbey]

At what point do his remaining defenders/optimists in Yankeeland give it up?

Well, the party line there is that they're just looking for him to get in innings and keep his walks down (and although he's given up 16 hits in 8 innings, he has only given up one BB so far). But I agree, it seems pretty clear to me that he's a major dud.

[Phranchise]

When he fails as a reliever, too. (it's not letting me post underneath your quote for some reason).

At what point do his remaining defenders/optimists in Yankeeland give it up?

[jon abbey]

Well, right now he's a 24 year old who can't get anyone out in A ball.

[Phranchise]

They will give him every opportunity to fail before they receive zero return on their investment.

[Phranchise]

Austin Romine is tearing up AA ball right now.

[jon abbey]

Austin Romine is tearing up AA ball right now.

.945 OPS in AA in his age 21 season, pretty impressive for an OF, let alone a C.

[Freddy Linn]

Montero seems to be struggling a bit early on, putting up a .228/.299/.354 in 87 PAs in Scranton. Still very impressive he is in the IL as a 20 year-old.

[jon abbey]

Montero heating up a bit, now up to .244/.319/.394 in 141 PAs.

But Romine is the real NY prospect story so far. He plays in Trenton, which is a major pitcher's park. He has very good overall numbers (.391/.520/.911), but his road numbers are absurd (.423/.642/1.064, hitting .388 in 70 PAs).

Also, he had two doubles yesterday off Casey Kelly.

[jon abbey]

Brackman is finally showing signs of life, his last three starts combined in A ball: 17 12 1 1 3 19

http://web.minorleag...t...&pid=457581

[Wingack]

Brackman is finally showing signs of life, his last three starts combined in A ball: 17 12 1 1 3 19

http://web.minorleag...t...&pid=457581

Nice to see. The best sign is he hasn't been walking people.

At least, with this most recent spurt of success, he may now have a little trade value.

[Lose Remerswaal]

I'm not sure if minor league coaches are considered prospects, but Daneker probably just fell a rung on the ladder

A night of partying with two women at a bar and in his Tampa, Florida, hotel room allegedly cost the Staten Island Yankees pitching coach his $10,000 World Series championship ring and two cell phones -- one which was issued by the Yankees.

[jon abbey]

Brackman with another good start, 6 5 2 1 0 11, easily his biggest K total of the season. He now has 51 Ks and 7 BBs in 55 innings, nice to see.

[jon abbey]

Perpetually injured 6'8" Dellin Betances has been healthy for a few weeks and is dealing in A ball: 6 1 0 0 1 8 today, 18 6 1 1 2 21 combined so far this year.

[Wingack]

And throwing very hard apparently.

[Phranchise]

It's why they gave him the big bucks...

[terrynever]

It's why they gave him the big bucks...

Speaking of big bucks, Kei Igawa took the loss tonight against Pawtucket, giving up 4 hits and the go-ahead run in 1.2 innings of work. He did strike out two batters. Kei always could strike people out. Cashman read where he led the Central League in Ks and signed him. I think they fired the guy who recommended Igawa to Cashman. At the very least, they cut his eyes out of his head.

[jon abbey]

Brackman promoted to AA, starting tomorrow.

Also, Brandon Laird (Gerald's little bro), NY's AA third baseman, hit a grand slam and a 3 run HR today. He's got 18 HRs and 76 RBIs playing in a pitcher's park (OPS home of .832, road of .977), and is leading all of baseball in RBIs (!!!).

He's not a huge prospect, but he's got to be at least playing himself into contention:

http://web.minorleag...t...&pid=477186

[Scoops Bolling]

Surprised none of you Yankees fans have mentioned Noesi yet...with his numbers in AA, he's looking like a real prospect at this point.

[jon abbey]

I might have mentioned him in the rotation depth thread. He's on NY's 40 man roster, so he's not exactly overlooked. He's a little overshadowed by Nova, who's almost exactly the same age and doing pretty well in AAA, but agreed that he's one of their better pitching prospects right now.

A 2009 draft pick who's skyrocketed up the NY prospect rankings is Graham Stoneburner, who's got a 1.93 ERA and .762 WHIP in 7 starts since being promoted to Trenton (A+), he's probably a top 10 prospect now.

http://www.baseball-...id=stoneb001gra

[YankeesIsrael]

A 2009 draft pick who's skyrocketed up the NY prospect rankings is Graham Stoneburner, who's got a 1.93 ERA and .762 WHIP in 7 starts since being promoted to Trenton (A+), he's probably a top 10 prospect now.

http://www.baseball-...id=stoneb001gra

When I started reading this paragraph I thought you were talking about Shaeffer Hall. His age (3 days apart!), track record, and numbers are very similar to Stoneburner's.

http://www.baseball-...id=hall--002sha

BTW, it's Tampa, not Trenton.

[jon abbey]

Whoops, thanks. And I wasn't familiar with Hall, studly four starts in Tampa so far.

[YankeesIsrael]

Speaking of pitching prospects, 19 year old Manuel Banuelos, the top LHP in the team's minor league system, made his second rehab start in GCL today. He might soon be in Tampa, too.

[fren123]

Surprised none of you Yankees fans have mentioned Noesi yet...with his numbers in AA, he's looking like a real prospect at this point.

Stuff isn't all that impressive (low 90's guy) good results though.

Betances killing it again today; 5IP/1H/6K 0.39 ERA on the year. The potential was there, but I sure as fuck didn't expect this.

[jon abbey]

NY's big IFA acquisition from last year, 17 year old C Gary Sanchez, is tearing up the rookie GCL in his first week. Another HR today makes 3 in his first 25 ABs and a 1.243 OPS.

[Wingack]

Interesting midseason Top-25 list:

http://mlb.fanhouse....?sms_ss=twitter

ist.

1. MIKE TROUT (CF), ANGELS
2. DOMONIC BROWN (RF), PHILLIES
3. AROLDIS CHAPMAN (LHP), REDS
4. DESMOND JENNINGS (CF), RAYS
5. JESUS MONTERO ©, YANKEES
6. JULIO TEHERAN (RHP), BRAVES
7. MARTIN PEREZ (LHP), RANGERS
8. JEREMY HELLICKSON (RHP), RAYS
9. BRETT WALLACE (3B), BLUE JAYS
10. DUSTIN ACKLEY (IF), MARINERS
11. MIKE MONTGOMERY (LHP), ROYALS
12. JARRED COSART (RHP), PHILLIES
13. ZACH BRITTON (LHP), ORIOLES
14. LOGAN MORRISON (1B), MARLINS
15. AUSTIN ROMINE ©, YANKEES
16. JACOB TURNER (RHP), TIGERS
17. MICHAEL PINEDA (RHP), MARINERS
18. ARODYS VIZCAINO (RHP), BRAVES
19. KYLE GIBSON (RHP), TWINS
20. JONATHAN SINGLETON (1B), PHILLIES
21. CASEY KELLY (RHP), RED SOX
22. ERIC HOSMER (1B), ROYALS
23. HAK-JU LEE (SS), CUBS
24. SHELBY MILLER (RHP), CARDINALS
25. GARY SANCHEZ ©, YANKEES

A weak crop following all the recent promotions, but it is interesting to see 3 Yankee catchers in the Top 25 (and Vizcaino).

[jon abbey]

Of course, the guy who made the list is a Yankee fan. How many games has Sanchez played, less than 10? He seems awesome thus far at the plate and certainly has the pedigree, but come on. I did see that he celebrated his inclusion by allowing three passed balls tonight, maybe a Posada tribute?

[Wingack]

Ah ok, I didn't know that about the author.

Anyway, given the buzz about Sanchez it seems likely that if they all continue to play well, we could see the Yankees having 3 catchers on the Top 100 prospects list this offseason. And in addition to Cervelli (and to a lesser extent JR Murphy) that is quite a bit of young depth at one position.

[nycdoc999]

Ah ok, I didn't know that about the author.

Anyway, given the buzz about Sanchez it seems likely that if they all continue to play well, we could see the Yankees having 3 catchers on the Top 100 prospects list this offseason. And in addition to Cervelli (and to a lesser extent JR Murphy) that is quite a bit of young depth at one position.

And if the Yankees are smart, they will trade some of that depth for either pitching or OF bats....

[terrynever]

A recent story from PinstripesPlus on Slade Heathcott:

http://yankees.scout.com/2/982344.html

[terrynever]

Montero chalked up his 13th passed ball tonight. Joel Sherman of the Post suggested last week when the Yankees' offense was sucking that maybe they should call up Montero for a look, letting him catch the veterans, CC and Pettitte, and also DH. Sherman's usually pretty good but that was a stupid idea for about 10 reasons.

[jon abbey]

Perpetually injured 6'8" Dellin Betances has been healthy for a few weeks and is dealing in A ball: 6 1 0 0 1 8 today, 18 6 1 1 2 21 combined so far this year.

Three more starts since then (including tonight), and he's continued his dominance:

34 13 2 2 6 39 combined through six starts (each of 5 or 6 innings), 0.53 ERA and 0.56 WHIP.

[jon abbey]

Sanchez with a grand slam today, 1.166 OPS through 56 ABs now. I think my fave stat of his is that in 13 ABs against LHP so far, he has 14 RBIs.

[Wingack]

Jesus Montero: still a member of the Yankees minor league system.

[newyorker]

And that is a good thing.

[piratechief]

Jesus Montero: still a member of the Yankees minor league system.

for how long is the question

[jon abbey]

swbyankeesTT Jesus Montero just hit a homer into the trees in right field. That is a shot for a left-handed hitter. I've never seen a righty do it.

[cromulence]

swbyankeesTT Jesus Montero just hit a homer into the trees in right field. That is a shot for a left-handed hitter. I've never seen a righty do it.

Nice to know he has opposite field power - will be valuable in Yankee Stadium (and goddammit he will play 81 games a year there if I had my way).

[terrynever]

swbyankeesTT Jesus Montero just hit a homer into the trees in right field. That is a shot for a left-handed hitter. I've never seen a righty do it.

Good news. I was wondering how he would respond to almost getting traded. It's kind of a shock to some of the guys the first time they see their name bandied about like that.

[terrynever]

montero hit that homer off j.a. happ, who went 12-4 for philly last season. he's down in the minors on injury rehab and actually pitched pretty well in the first game of today's doubleheader.

[Meff Nelton]

Good news. I was wondering how he would respond to almost getting traded. It's kind of a shock to some of the guys the first time they see their name bandied about like that.

Fire, meet ass.

I hope he hits himself into untouchable status before the end of the month.

[terrynever]

Fire, meet ass.

I hope he hits himself into untouchable status before the end of the month.

Yankees almost traded Mariano once. JA probably remembers the details better than I do but his name was in talks and then all of a sudden Stick Michael got the report from Columbus that Mo was throwing 95 mph and they brought him up for a look in June of 1995.

[Meff Nelton]

Yankees almost traded Mariano once. JA probably remembers the details better than I do but his name was in talks and then all of a sudden Stick Michael got the report from Columbus that Mo was throwing 95 mph and they brought him up for a look in June of 1995.

Yeah, allegedly, it was a deal for Wells in '95 that got scuttled.