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Yankees Prospect Returns from Concussion Injury

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Yankees prospect Austin Romine has been out with a concussion for the past couple of weeks, but is now symptom-free and has resumed baseball activities, according to the Star-Ledger. He is expected back in five to seven days. Romine, who is not discussed as often lately, is still one of the Yankees top prospects. The ...

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Yankees Prospect Austin Romine Out with Mild Concussion

Yankees minor league catcher Austin Romine, one of their top prospects, is out with a mild concussion after he was involved in a collision at home plate this week, according to Jed Weisberger of BaseLines. There is no word on exactly how much time Romine will miss, but since this is a concussion the Yankees ...

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Yankees Cut Jesus Montero, 6 Others, & Sell 1 to Japan

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The Yankees top minor league prospect, Jesus Montero, has not made the major league roster and will start the season in Triple-A Scranon, according to Marc Carig of the Newark Star-Ledger. Mark Prior was cut, he'll go to extended spring training. IF Doug Bernier, OF Justin Maxwell, and IF Ramiro Pena ...

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Gustavo Molina Could Have Leg Up on Backup Catcher Role

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Via Chad Jennings of the Journal News: There might be something to read into the fact that Gustavo Molina caught today instead of Jesus Montero. Cashman said it was Joe Girardi’s decision to send Molina, and he indicated that the veteran is still very much in contention for the backup catcher role. ...

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Yankees Have 6 on Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects List

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Baseball America released their list of the top 100 prospects in the nation today and the Yankees are well represented with six players landing on the list. That's more than any teams except for the Rays and Royals. Here are the Yankees on the list and where they rank: 3: Jesus Montero, C 30: Gary Sanchez, ...

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Yankees List Non-Roster Invitees

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The Yankees have made a bunch of moves official today including the signings of Luis Ayala, Bartolo Colon, Freddy Garcia, Warner Madrigal, Ronnie Belliard, and Eric Chavez. All of the above players are on non-guaranteed minor league contracts and have been invited to spring training. They have also announced that ...

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KLaw’s Yankees Prospect Rankings

ESPN's minor league prospect guru Keith Law released his Top 100 Prospects for the MLB list and each team's Top 10 list this week and the Yankees are featured prominently. Here are the Yankees in the top 100 best in the game: Jesus Montero, C, no. 4 Manuel Banuelos, LHP, no. 12 Gary Sanchez, C, no. ...

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Yankees Prospect Profile: C Austin Romine

Background Austin Romine, 22, is a catcher listed at 6'1" and 195 lbs. Born in Lake Forest, California, he was drafted in the second round of the 2007 amateur draft out of El Toro High School. Romine was named the Florida State League Player of the Year in 2009 and participated in the All-Star Futures Game ...

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Yankees Top 20 Prospects from John Sickels

It's that time of the year again. No not Christmas time. It's that time after the winter meetings and before spring training when so many publications come out with their Top Prospects lists. This one comes from John Sickels of SB Nation. This is a preliminary list that will ultimately be published in his 2011 Baseball ...

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What Signing Russell Martin Means for Yankees

The Yankees reportedly reached an agreement with free agent catcher Russell Martin and with so many possible backstops already in their system this raises some questions. They have plenty of experienced and some not so experienced catchers available, in Martin, Jorge Posada, Francisco Cervelli, Jesus Montero, and even Austin Romine. So ...

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