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Looking at the Yankees Potential 25-Man Roster

It appears the Yankees are nearly done dealing this offseason. They would still probably like to add another starter and possibly even another bench piece, but there seems to be nothing imminent at this point. So with three weeks until pitchers and catchers report, let's take a look at where they stand. Potential Lineup Brett Gardner, ...

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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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Yankees Prospect Profile: 3B/OF Brandon Laird

Brandon Laird wasn't a standout when the Yankees drafted him in the 27th round of the 2007 draft. The 6'1" 215 lbs. 23-year-old is on their radar now as he's knocking on the door of the major leagues. He started in the Yankees system as a 19-year-old in the Gulf Coast League and opened some ...

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Yankees Add Betances, Laird, and Pope to 40-Man, Add Jackson

Tomorrow is the last day to add players to the 40-man roster in order to protect them from the Rule 5 draft so the Yankees have added RHP Dellin Betances, 3B/OF Brandon Laird, and RHP Ryan Pope to the roster. They also sent cash to the Braves in exchange for outfielder Cody ...

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Notes from Cashman: Nova to the Rotation, Joba to the bullpen, Aceves, and More

No, Brian Cashman and I don't pass notes to each other the way the girls in school used to. This is just a summary of the press conference he gave yesterday after the first day of the GM meetings in Florida.  Obviously we owe Chad Jennings of the Journal News credit for most of the ...

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Baseball America’s Yankees Top 10 Prospects List

Baseball America is the place to go to for information on minor leaguers and over the next couple of weeks they are publishing their Top 10 lists for each organization. The Yankees aren't going to be published until next week, but the good guys over at River Ave Blues got a hold of the list ...

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MiLB Notes: Laird and Mesa Honored, Banuelos, Romine, and Laird Named to Rising Stars Team

A couple of minor things here. As you know, OFer Melky Mesa was added to the the Yankees 40-man roster yesterday. Well later on in the day Mesa was named Player of the Year in the Florida State League (High-A). He joined fellow prospect 3B/OF Brandon Laird who was named Player of the Year ...

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List of Yankees Prospects Eligible for the Rule 5 Draft

Update: Melky Mesa, Dellin Betances, Ryan Pope, and Brandon Laird have been added to the Yankees 40-man roster and are now not eligible for the Rule 5 draft. Original post: The Rule 5 draft is designed so that players stuck in the minor leagues can have a shot to play in the majors. For the most ...

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Yankees Notes: Expanded Rosters, Berkman, Aceves, the Rotation, and more

Today is September 1st and the Yankees are sitting alone in 1st place. The Rays are just one game back though and have proven that they will not back down this season. The Yankees are also eight games up on the Red Sox for the Wild-Card lead, but with six head-to-head games left against them ...

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Read: NoMaas’ Interview w/Mark Newman

NoMaas.org had a great interview with the Yankees' Senior Vice President of Baseball Operations Mark Newman that was filled with great little tidbits of information about the minor league system. Since this has been a slow news day thanks to the off day yesterday, I figured I'd point it out and run down some of ...

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