Category Archives: BBDP

Top 10 DSL players who could come stateside in 2013

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Greg Corcoran
Rafael-DePaula

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, ...

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BBDP: Yankees Top 10 Outfield Prospects

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Greg Corcoran
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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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BBDP: Top 10 relief prospects

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Greg Corcoran
Mark Montgomery3

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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BBDP: Breakout candidate 2013: Where have you Ben all my life?

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Greg Corcoran
ben gamel

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 ...

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BBDP Breakout candidate: You can’t replace the Ref

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Greg Corcoran
Robert Refsnyder

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 ...

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BBDP Breakout Candidate 2013; Painting the Black

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Greg Corcoran
Corey 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 ...

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BBDP: Breakout candidate 2013; Greg Bird is the word

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Greg Corcoran
GREG BIRD

BBDP Nickname: "Birdman" Greg Bird didn't get a lot of love on prospect lists, including our own here at BBD. In fact, we ranked him at just 35 after this season was over.  Greg Bird has the talent to make us regret that ranking, and he may do that sooner rather than later. Bird was one of ...

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The Killer B’s; A cautionary tale of prospect hugging

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Greg Corcoran
Manny Banuelos

The year was 2011. The Yankees had failed to make it to the World Series in 2010 after winning it all in 2009. It was disappointing, but the 2009 World Series Title winning performance was still fresh in all of our minds, and there was reason for hope that future Yankees teams would be younger, ...

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BBDP August 30th: Austin hits game winning grand slam

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Greg Corcoran

BBDP MVP: Ronnier Mustelier - 2/4, HR (15 on the season) Triple-A Empire State: W: 5-0 vs Lehigh Valley. W: Maine (8-5) Kevin Russo: 2/4, R, 3B, K (.290) Eduardo Nunez: 1/4, R, HR (2), 2 RBI (.227) Ronnier "Musketeer" Mustelier: 2/4, R, HR (10), RBI (.290) Nice little six game hit streak. Not on the forty man so ...

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BBDP August 25th: Black dominates, GCL ends on a high note

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Greg Corcoran
Corey Black

BBDP MVP: Cory Black - 5 IP, 0 ER, H, BB, 5 K Triple-A Empire State: L 4-9 vs Lehigh Valley. L: Ramon Ortiz (12-6) Chris Dickerson: 1/4, 2 R, 2B, BB, K (.324) Corban "CoJo" Joseph: 1/3, 2 R, 2 BB, K (.272) He's on fire, 16 for his last 42 (.381) with three homeruns and seven ...

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