NY minor league prospect news (2014 edition)
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Jacob Lindgren is bumped up again, this time to AA, his fourth level in the seven weeks since he signed (NY's top pick this year). Not only does he have an insane 30 Ks in 13.1 IP so far, but he has only allowed one ball to be hit to the outfield so far (according to someone on nyyfans). It's not out of the question he joins NY in September at this rate.
http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=605338
http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=605338
Banuelos promoted the Scranton today. Hasn't pitched since Aug. 6 when he gave up 5 hits and 3 runs in 3.2 innings against Altoona. Before that, he had the great stretch that JA referenced above. Scranton's bullpen short tonight with Chris Leroux up to the big club.
3 more hits for Refsnyder today as Scranton scores 5 in 9th to beat Pawtucket, 6-5. Refsnyder now hitting .307 for Scranton and .324 overall with a combined .902 OPS in Trenton and Scranton.
Haven't seen any. I'm going to the series finale on Monday and will give you an ex-sports writer's scouting report.jon abbey said:
The real question, to me, is do you put Prado on second and send Refsnyder back out to right in 2015? That's a question for Girardi, Cashman, and the Scranton manager to weigh in on.
terrynever said:
I think that presumes either that Headley will be resigned (I hope so but he won't be cheap) or the remnants of A-Rod will be able to play in the field, otherwise Prado is the 3B and Refsnyder can stay at 2B (Cashman said recently he doesn't plan to move him again, FWIW).
Good point.jon abbey said:
Here is a depressing thought: A-Rod is next year's Jeter. Fried beans.
Went to the Pawtucket-Scranton game tonight. Banuelos throwing low 90s, missing all over the place, most down and in, up and away. Nobody hit him either. The offensive purge seems to have reached the minor leagues, too.
Refsnyder had two hits, one a swinging bunt, and drilled a hard liner to center for a SF that plated a run in a game Scranton won, 2-0. The kid has great bat speed, is short and quick to the ball, unlike Jackie Bradley Jr., who is long and late and went 0-for-5 tonight, even hearing a few catcalls from the fans after his final two outs.
Refsnyder had no DP chances in the field. He looks like a very good athlete. I was surprised by the speed he showed down the line on his swinging bunt. He could add another good runner to the lineup next year if they let him have a chance to start. Yanks need that kind of energy, of course, but we know the history of the organization. They will block him somehow.
The new Scranton closer, Nick Rumbelow, is a David Robertson lookalike. Hit 95, throws a nice curveball, wears his socks high just like Robertson. Drafted in 2013 out of LSU, he has climbed three levels this season. Never heard of him before tonight.
Refsnyder had two hits, one a swinging bunt, and drilled a hard liner to center for a SF that plated a run in a game Scranton won, 2-0. The kid has great bat speed, is short and quick to the ball, unlike Jackie Bradley Jr., who is long and late and went 0-for-5 tonight, even hearing a few catcalls from the fans after his final two outs.
Refsnyder had no DP chances in the field. He looks like a very good athlete. I was surprised by the speed he showed down the line on his swinging bunt. He could add another good runner to the lineup next year if they let him have a chance to start. Yanks need that kind of energy, of course, but we know the history of the organization. They will block him somehow.
The new Scranton closer, Nick Rumbelow, is a David Robertson lookalike. Hit 95, throws a nice curveball, wears his socks high just like Robertson. Drafted in 2013 out of LSU, he has climbed three levels this season. Never heard of him before tonight.
Per The Associated Press, Andy Beresford (RHP, Class-A Charleston) and Leonard Thompson (1B, Gulf Coast League) were just suspended 50 games. Based on their crappy stats, they probably felt they had to take PEDs to try and stay in baseball.
Lindgren finally gets hit, from the RAB recap:
- LHP Jacob Lindgren: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 2/0 GB/FB — only 13 of 31 pitches were strikes (42%), though one of the walks was intentional … he was bound to have a clunker at some point
19-Year-Old Jorge Mateo Is The Yankees' Shortstop Of The Future
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/jorge-mateo-scouting-report/
80 speed!
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/jorge-mateo-scouting-report/
80 speed!
BigMike said:
Yeah, he's killing it in the AFL right now, presumably why you posted. 1.202 OPS in 8 games after a .937 OPS in his month in AA:
http://www.mlb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=l119&t=p_pbp&pid=595885
Also he led the whole minor leagues in BBs in 2013 with 107, didn't know that.
Judge and Bird with back to back HRs in the first today, Bird is the first in the AFL to five HRs now (in 60 ABs):
http://mlb.mlb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2014_10_25_scowin_gddwin_1&t=g_box&sid=l119
http://mlb.mlb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2014_10_25_scowin_gddwin_1&t=g_box&sid=l119
Greg Bird won the MVP of the Arizona Fall League (also the MVP of their All-Star game):
http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/101542126/yankees-greg-bird-named-arizona-fall-league-mvp
First Yankee prospect to ever win it (it started in 2002), Kris Bryant won it last year.
http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/101542126/yankees-greg-bird-named-arizona-fall-league-mvp
First Yankee prospect to ever win it (it started in 2002), Kris Bryant won it last year.
Just the thought of Sterling bellowing "Bye... Bye... Birdie..." every time this guy hits one to the cheap seats in right makes me ill.
Saw Bird play against Portland when he first got called up to AA. He didn't have a great weekend, and struggled a little against a tough lefty in E. Rodriguez, but he passes the "eye test". Good looking left-handed swing. It was his first exposure to a higher level, and obviously he made quick adjustments. From the looks of how he ended the season and the AFL, it looks like they have a legit prospect on their hands. How long does he remain blocked by Teixeira? It would be great for them if they had the DH spot available for 1 of them, but with all the other aging hitters, that isn't likely. He probably needs a few months in AAA, but at what point does he start pushing for playing time?
Jose Campos was a fave of mine since coming over from SEA in the Pineda/Montero deal, he put up a dominant season in low A at 18 in the SEA organization. Since then, he's had two surgeries in three years and only pitched 111 innings, today NY non-tendered him. Hopefully that was just a move to get him off the 40 man roster and he can try to come back from his second surgery (fractured elbow) still in the NY system, he doesn't turn 23 until next July.
Sounds like JA has the right of it.
Good article in Baseball Prospectus about the nontender deadline, and how teams use it to manage the 40 man. It was linked from LoHud, which also expounds on it a bit.
http://www.baseballamerica.com/majors/non-tender-deadline-isnt-just-cutting-salaries/
Good article in Baseball Prospectus about the nontender deadline, and how teams use it to manage the 40 man. It was linked from LoHud, which also expounds on it a bit.
http://www.baseballamerica.com/majors/non-tender-deadline-isnt-just-cutting-salaries/
http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2014/12/03/upside-non-tendering-prospect-like-heathcott/
BP names their current top 10 Yankee prospects:
- OF Aaron Judge
- RHP Luis Severino
- C Gary Sanchez
- LHP Ian Clarkin
- SS Jorge Mateo
- 2B/OF Rob Refsnyder
- 1B Greg Bird
- CF Leonardo Molina
- LHP Jacob Lindgren
- C Luis Torrens
Sanchez staying as high as 3 surprises me. There is no doubt his potential is still huge, but honestly he hasn't really shown any signs the past couple of years that he is getting closer to fulfilling that potential. He seemed to have a very blah season.
Bird can really hit, but there is always a bias against 1B, so not surprised on his rating
Refsnyder also can really hit, and might be able to stick at 2B
Molina is the interesting guy. Played much of the year as a 16 year old in the GCL and did nothing. Obviously he is a huge raw talent, but he is just a baby
Bird can really hit, but there is always a bias against 1B, so not surprised on his rating
Refsnyder also can really hit, and might be able to stick at 2B
Molina is the interesting guy. Played much of the year as a 16 year old in the GCL and did nothing. Obviously he is a huge raw talent, but he is just a baby
Yeah, it finally seems that as far as the offensive side of things goes, Yankee fans have a real reason to be excited with guys like Bird and Judge and the boatload of young high-end Latin players they signed this summer. And it looks like there could be a couple of guys that could help the big league team out in 2015 too, once the DL starts to fill up in the Bronx.
I'm not so sold that things are looking up in the prospect department, there are promising guys every year and too many of them seem to not progress or get worse. I do think it's interesting that NY seems to develop a lot of guys who are never big prospects until they actually get to the bigs and start doing well, Robertson, Shane Greene, even David Phelps come to mind just among very recent players.
And I'm optimistic about the ton of 16 year olds they signed last summer also, but those guys are probably all 4-5 years away. Monceda would be a big pickup for them, I hope they're all in on him when he gets cleared.
And I'm optimistic about the ton of 16 year olds they signed last summer also, but those guys are probably all 4-5 years away. Monceda would be a big pickup for them, I hope they're all in on him when he gets cleared.
I like that the talent seems to be a bit spread out (even if it is thinnest at the top, there will be legit guys that can help out this year). There is the potential here for there to be a constant funnel of talent with the way it is spread out.
And honestly, what I really like is that it seems like a lot of the are bats, I can't remember the last time there were so many interesting hitters in the system.
And honestly, what I really like is that it seems like a lot of the are bats, I can't remember the last time there were so many interesting hitters in the system.
The mlb.com site has Domingo German, the SP NY got in the Prado deal yesterday, as NY's #7 prospect now:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/prospects/watch/y2014/#list=nyy
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/prospects/watch/y2014/#list=nyy