Tabata returns from suspension

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The story on Tabata
Published 5/4/2008 by Ben K. at River Avenue Blues
... PeteAbe has more of the details surrounding Jose Tabata’s suspension last week. The year at AA is not going too well for a player once regarded as the Yanks’ top positional prospect. ...

Keep The Faith, Young Man
Published 5/4/2008 by OMDQ at Bus Leagues Baseball
... At the LoHud Yankees Blog last night, Peter Abraham wrote about Yankees minor leaguer Jose Tabata, Baseball America’s 37th ranked prospect, who left AA Trenton without permission during a game last weekend and was subsequently suspended for three games.  ...

Props for the Geritol guys
Published 5/4/2008 by Ed Valentine at Bugs & Cranks
Hooray for the old guys! Mike Mussina and Johnny Damon, part of what I refer to as the New York Yankees’ Geritol Generation, deserve some props. Mussina improved to 4-3 yesterday with six one-run innings in a 6-1 victory against Seattle. I hope young phenoms Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy were watching closely. Mussina has slop for a fastball by major league standards, mid-80s and sometimes reaching 87-88. But, when he’s right the guy is a maestro with the baseball. In, out, up, down, change arm angles, change speeds — including a low 60s ...

(Still?) Defending The Melk Man
Published 5/5/2008 by Brian at Depressed Fan
... on the outfield of the future. The notion that Gardner, Jackson and Tabata will all make it to the big leagues and should supplant Melky is highly unlikely, as far as I'm concerned. It's worth keeping an eye on how the younger guys are progressing, as well as how Melky is progressing, because he is young, and contrary to popular belief, he does have room to grow and put up numbers greater than that of an average center fielder in this league. * Tabata was suspended for going AWOL in Trenton after striking out in the 7th inning of a game. My ...