NY Post-Yanks sign Dominican IFA Gary Sanchez
The Yankee Universe —
... George King has the story. The Yanks and top IFA catching prospect have agreed to a 2.5 million dollar deal in advance of the July 2 deadline. He writes: ...
BREAKING- Yankees to Sign Sanchez
Pending Pinstripes —
... a Yankee. As you can see from the scouting report above, Sanchez has a lot of questions surrounding him. Personally I'm weary of committing to him based on the inconsistent reports and myriad questions about his hitting ability. King also confirmed the Yankees interest in Miguel Sano, lefty Noel Arguelles and shortstop Jose Iglesias. Arguelles and Iglesias are Cuban defectors that we discussed earlier. You can get the fully story from the Post here.
Yankees Sign Gary Sanchez
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... According to George A. King III at the New York Post, the Yankees have agreed to sign 16-year-old Dominican catching prospect Gary Sanchez. A contract won't be in place until July 2nd when the international signing period kicks off, but Sanchez will reportedly make $2.5MM in the deal. ...
Yanks Will Sign Dominican Catcher, More To Follow
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog —
The international signing period begins on July 2nd, and according to George A. King III the Yankees will be signing Dominican catching prospect Gary Sanchez to a $2.5 million deal. Here's more from King: ...
Yanks Sign Gary Sanchez, Eye Others
WasWatching.com —
George King follows up on his first Sanchez report with this (h/t to YanksBlog) -
According to several connections in the Dominican Republic, the Yankees and catching prospect Gary Sanchez have agreed to a $2.5 million deal.
Sanchez, 16, isn’t eligible to sign until July 2, but the Yankees’ dogged pursuit of the right-handed hitter has resulted in him wanting to sign with the club.
According to a Yankees source, who didn’t confirm or deny the agreement or money, nothing is guaranteed until a contract is ...
Adding Catchers
baseballmusings.com —
Via Replacement Level Yankees Weblog, the Yankees are on the verge of signing another young catcher:
According to several connections in the Dominican Republic, the Yankees and catching prospect Gary Sanchez have agreed to a $2.5 million deal.
Sanchez, 16, isn’t eligible to sign until July 2, but the Yankees’ dogged pursuit of the right-handed hitter has resulted in him wanting to sign with the club.
According to a Yankees source, who didn’t confirm or deny the agreement or money, nothing is guaranteed until a ...
Yanks land DR catching prospect for $2.5 mil
Pinstripe Alley —
Yanks land DR catching prospect for $2.5 mil
16-year-old Dominican catcher Gary Sanchez has agreed to sign with the Yankees for $2.5 million. How many catching prospects can an organization have? Never enough, apparently.
Bear in mind, though, that the ...
Who cares if a 16 year old is drafted?
SULLY BASEBALL —
... to fool around with struggling with the bra to the point where you start wondering if you should get some scissors. (OK, maybe that was just me.) Like this kid is going to have a normal high school experience. He’s on the cover of S.I. for crying out loud! Start playing baseball and get your game working. I remember people thinking Kevin Garnett skipping college was going to be equivalent of the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse. That turned out OK. But then I read something interesting this weekend in the New York Post. The Yankees just signed ...
Yankees News & Notes
Zell's Pinstripe Blog —
... Yankees sign Dominican catcher Gary Sanchez for $2.5M.Sanchez is only 16 years-old, but he isn’t able to sign officially until July 2nd. This report is coming from connections in the D.R., so nothing is final or guaranteed until he signs on the dotted line. This is interesting, as the Yankees already have Jesus Montero and Austin Romine. “He is a big kid with a big arm,” a Latin American talent evaluator for an NL team said of the 6-foot-2, 210-pound Sanchez. “I would like to have him, but $2.5 million is a lot of money. He has a thick body. He is a real ...
Posada: I Don’t Know, Man…
Behind The Moat —
... of Fame for 5 of 6 of those pitchers. It didn’t take a defensive game-calling marvel to get prime performances out of these guys, so the argument that his catching them somehow buffers him from criticism is patently ridiculous.
Right now, he’s the best combination of offensive/defensive catching we have right now, though, but I look skeptically forward to the development of Cervelli, the continuing maturation of Jesus Montero and Austin Romine, and whatever else they have planned. They’re going to need something by 2012.
Tagged: 2012, ...
