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Author Archives: Greg Corcoran
2014 Free Agent Class: Who will the Yankees not go after next year?
It's a bit premature to look at the 2013-2014 offseason, especially because a lot can happen between now and then. With the recent trend of one year contracts, it's also questionable whether the Yankees will continue to pursue aging veterans on short term deals in 2014. Despite that, the Yankees will have plenty of money to ...
Posted in Editorial
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The new GCL team is not the savior of the farm
In cased you missed it (since it was far from the biggest news of the week), the Yankees now have two rookie league GCL teams. The move has been a long time coming and will provide young Yankees pitchers a better chance to prove themselves against their peers at a young age. In this case, the ...
Posted in Editorial
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Top 10 DSL players who could come stateside in 2013
There have been whispers that the Yankees are likely to have another rookie league team for 2013. The GCL rosters are filled three ways. The amateur draft, the DSL, and miscellaneous signings.With that, the Dominican Summer League, which is where the Yankees keep their young international talent to develop them for baseball in the USA, ...
BBDP: Yankees Top 10 Outfield Prospects
Outfield prospects have not been a strong suit for the Yankees organization since Brett Gardner and Melky Cabrera were coming up. Now there is a new batch of prospects knocking on the door and the organizational depth at the position is actually pretty extraordinary. Hopefully, somewhere in there lies a replacement for Nick Swisher and Curtis Granderson. ...
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Tagged Abraham Almonte, Adonis Garcia, Ben Gamel, Mason Williams, Melky Mesa, Ramon Flores, Ronnier Mustelier, Slade Heathcott, Tyler Austin, Zoilo Almonte
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BBDP: Top 10 relief prospects
Amongst the craziness of the Winter meetings, A-Rod's injury, and all of the rumors that have been circulating, it's time to take a break from all of the insanity and talk about the farm system. Relievers in the minor leagues are not the most glamorous players. They don't get a lot of love in the rankings, they ...
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Tagged Branden Pinder, Chase Whitley, Dan Burawa, James Pazos, Kelvin Perez, Manuel Barreda, Mark Montgomery, Nick Goody, Preston Claiborne, Tom Kahnle
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BBDP: Breakout candidate 2013: Where have you Ben all my life?
BBDP Nickname: Gam-Gam The Basics: Name: Ben Gamel Age: 20 Draft: 10th round of the 2010 draft out of Bishop Kenny High School, Jacksonville, Florida Size: 5-foot-11, 190-pounds Bats: Left Throws: Left Best Tools: Hit tool, speed, patience Needs Work: Power, baserunning BBDP Ranking: 30 Young ball players often do not develop power until the reach the high minors. One of the most difficult things for ...
BBDP Breakout candidate: You can’t replace the Ref
BBDP Nickname: "The Ref" The basics: Name: Rob Refsnyder Age: 22 to start next season. Draft: 5th round of the 2012 draft out of the University of Arizona. Size: 6-foot-1, 205-pounds Bats: Right Throws: Right Best Tools: Hit tool, athleticism and speed, and "it" factor tool. Needs Work: 2nd base defense, consistency at the plate. BBDP Ranking: 46 Forget the fact that he batted .352 for the ...
BBDP Breakout Candidate 2013; Painting the Black
BBDP Nickname: "CB" The basics: Name: Corey Black Age: 21 Draft: 2012 4th round out of Faulkner University Size: 5-foot-11, 175-pounds Fastball: 99 mph Other pitches: Changeup, curve ball, slider BBDP Ranking: 42 On Friday we looked into the breakout candidate Greg Bird. Today we look at a pitcher who could break out in a major way next season. A breakout candidate is slightly ...
BBDP: Breakout candidate 2013; Greg Bird is the word
Yankees putting all of their eggs in one basket
It is starting to become an accepted fact that the Yankees are going to get under the $189 million budget in 2014. I understand the incentives behind getting the budget under control and the long term benefits of it as well. The strategy, however, that the Yankees are using to get to that number is ...
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