BA's Top 10 Yanks Prospects
It's About The Money - A New York Yankees Blog —
Baseball America's Top 10 Yanks prospects are ranked, in all their glowing splendor, hype and platitudes. Austin Jackson, of Jesus Montero, c Andrew Brackman, rhp Austin Romine, c Dellin Betances, rhp Zach McAllister, rhp Alfredo Aceves, rhp Phil Coke, lhp Mark Melancon, rhp Bradley Suttle, 3bImmediate thoughts, without reading the whole article: Two catchers? That's bodes well. There are some tall dudes with Brackman (6'10"), Betances (6'8") Six pitchers. We ...
Baseball America post rankings online. Here is some more info on the Yankees Farm System.
Zell's Pinstripe Blog —
Baseball America’s Top 10 Yankees Prospects From BA: T he last season of Yankee Stadium II figured to end in October. After all, since Major League Baseball added wild cards, there never had been a postseason party that didn’t include the Yankees. Yet when New York played host to the Orioles on Sept. 21, that was it for The House That Ruth Built. In their first season under manager Joe Girardi, the Yankees got within three games of first place in late July, just as they bolstered their roster by acquiring Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte from the Pirates. But New York never got any ...
Austin Jackson rated best Yankee prospect
New York Yankees Examiner —
... . Baseball America s article is here . Jackson was also ranked as the Yankees best defensive outfielder and best overall athlete. With many saying that the Yankees need to get younger and more athletic, the 21-year old Jackson fits both requirements to a T. Most surprising omission is catching prospect Francisco Cervelli who was rated the top defensive catcher on the club yet was omitted from the top 10. Included in the top 10, though, were two other less hyped catchers. The list is: 1. Austin Jackson, of 2. Jesus Montero, c 3. Andrew Brackman, rhp 4. Austin Romine, c 5. ...
links for 2008-11-11
The Detroit Tiger Weblog —
... Our friend Lee contributed to the 2009 edition of the book The Graphical Player. And Samara provided the cover photo. Go Tigers bloggers.
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Yankees Top 10 Prospects
Your New York Sports Blog —
... Baseball America is doig their annual top 10 prospect lists and started with the AL East this time opposed to the NL East as they did last year. They Top 10 for the Yankees is up and can be seen on the right. ...
The J&J Boys, Jackson & Jesus, Yanks Best Hope?
WasWatching.com —
... . Austin Jackson came in at #27 and Jesus Montero came in at #40 for the Yankees. This ties into what Baseball America shared last month: Jackson and Montero are the two-best prospects in the Yankees system at this moment. ...
What do the Yankees and the country of Tonga have in common?
LEEInks —
... small nation in the South Pacific. This raises a couple of questions:
Will entire Yankees rotation switch to initials in 2009? (C.C., A.J., etc)
Could NY’s off season spend reach a half a billion dollars when it’s all said and done? (the recent bid for Mark Teixeira’s services was $160 million.)
Are the Bombers immune to the recession?
Haven’t we seen this before from the pinstripes?
What happened to the Yankees farm system?
Who is the favorite to ...
Alan Horne and Pitcher Prospect Status
Pinstripe Alley —
... 2009 will be Alan Horne's age 26 season, long in the tooth for a prospect. As he enters baseball prime, Horne is off the BA top 10 and doesn't fit among their top tools list or their projected 2012 lineup; at our SBN sister-site, minorleagueball, John Sickles ranked ...
Yanks call-up Claggett
River Avenue Blues —
... is hitting the DL. If so, they probably would have just brought David Robertson back since the ten day waiting period on recently demoted players wouldn’t have applied. Claggett was acquired in the Gary Sheffield trade two years ago, and gets his first call to the show the day after Sheff clubs homer number 500. Baseball America says his slider is the best in the organization. I’m assuming the move is just bullpen insurance should ...
Yankees-Orioles: Two Ships Passing in the Night
The Loss Column -- Baltimore's Independent Sports Talk Alternative -- a Baltimore Sports Blog and Community —
... We have Wieters and Matusz and the rest of our prospects on the way to join three top-third players in Jones, Markakis, and Roberts. They have an aging collection of has-beens, a thoroughly mediocre farm system, and arguably the game’s most reviled player and ...
Looking Back: Yankees Top 10 Since Phil Hughes
Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest —
... Interestingly enough, Navarro was traded for Randy Johnson (rumor has that Cano nearly went in that deal), so history almost told a story of two great Yankee prospects being traded for a past his prime Hall of Famer. Obviously we all know how important Wang and Hughes have been to the Yankees. Who knows what happens if Wang doesn’t step up in 2005 (assist to Aaron Small and Shawn Chacon), maybe they trade him and Hughes for a veteran starter?
Look at this past winter’s BA Top 10 courtesy of, once again, John Manuel.
1. Austin ...
The Jackson Report: Looking To 2010
Fack Youk —
... Jackson is one of the top position player prospects in the Yankee system, and is probably the most Major League ready. Baseball America had him as the Yankees' top prospect entering 2009. ...
What the Tigers got
The Detroit Tiger Weblog —
... inclined so that should be fun.
Scherzer image credit: tunnelarmr on Flickr
Austin Jackson
If Scherzer was the centerpiece in exchange for Edwin Jackson, then Austin Jackson was the key piece coming over for Granderson. The Tigers new centerfielder hit 300/354/404 as a 22 year old at AAA. Jackson rates very well amongst many prospect watchers:
MLB.com ranked him as the 27th best prospect in baseball going into 2009.
Baseball America ranked him as the Yankees best prospect, best athlete, and best ...
