Yanks Recall Gardner, Top Prospect

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Yankees finally call up Gardner
Published 6/30/2008 by D&A at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
Folks, it is a new day in the Yankee organization: Brett Gardner has been called up from Scranton . As first reported by intrepid blog contributor HamNEggs (seriously, Ham's comment was the first we saw of this news, and we couldn't confirm it until Chad Jennings posted the latest info from Gardner's hometown paper, South Carolina's The Times and Democrat ), the speedy, toolsy outfielder has a spot as long as Hideki's out, and should see at least some playing time. Gardner makes sense for a lot of reasons: increased speed in the lineup, improved ...

Fun With Numbers: Brett Gardner = Jacoby Ellsbury?
Published 6/30/2008 by Peter Bendix at Beyond the Box Score
...   The Yankees are calling up Brett Gardner.  Some numbers to mull over:   *Jacoby Ellsbury, age 23, triple-A (in 2007): .298/.360/.380 with 33 steals (39 attempts) in 87 games. 47/32 K/BB ratio, 21 extra base hits *Brett Gardner, age 24, triple-A (in 2008): .287/.412/.429 with 34 steals (42 attempts) in 80 games. 68/61 K/BB ratio, 24 extra base hits.   *Ellsbury minor league career (250 games): .313/.389/.425 with 105 steals (132 attempts), 127/111 K/BB *Gardner minor league career (349 games): ...

Yankees recall Brett Gardner
Published 6/30/2008 by Eric Stashin at Rotoprofessor
According to Jack Curry of The New York Times (click here for the article), the Yankees have recalled OF prospect Brett Gardner from Triple A.  He had been hitting .287 with 3 HR, 29 RBI, 59 R and 34 SB.  He was certainly getting on base, posting a .412 OBP. According to WFAN in New York, he will be in the starting line-up tonight, playing LF and leading off.  With Hideki Matsui on the DL, it would appear that Gardner has the chance to play fairly regularly for the Yankees.  He’s not a power hitter, by any stretch, but if you are in need of a sleeper source of SB’s, he’s ...