Prospect Profiles: Luis Severino
View image | gettyimages.com 2014 Stats: Level: A/A+/AA 24 G 113 IP 28% K% 6% BB% 0.7% HR% 53% GB% 2.46 ERA 2.40 FIP Severino ranked #1 … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Organizational Depth: Second Base
View image | gettyimages.com Our depth chart series continues today at second base. In the past couple of weeks, I did a high-level analysis of the Yankees’ catchers and first baseman. Now, on to the 4 position in your scorecard. Starter: Stephen … Continue reading
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Tagged Angelo Gumbs, Brendan Ryan, Cole Figueroa, Gosuke Katoh, Jose Pirela, Nick Noonan, Rob Refsnyder, Stephen Drew
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Pinstripe Pundits’ 2015 Top 100 Yankees Prospects
View image | gettyimages.com Below, you’ll find my pre-season top 100 Yankees prospect list. This order of this list was determined through a combination of scouting reports and KATOH — my methodology for projecting prospect performance using minor league stats. Full disclosure: Aside from … Continue reading
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Organizational Depth: First Base
View image | gettyimages.com Last week, we began our organization depth series at the catcher position. Today, we continue with a look the franchise’s first basemen from top to bottom. Starter: Mark Teixeira Barring injury, Teixeira is embedded at first … Continue reading
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Tagged Garrett Jones, Greg Bird, Kyle Roller, Mark Teixeira, Mike Ford
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Organizational Depth: Catchers
View image | gettyimages.com It’s hard to believe, but Spring Training is approximately one month away. The weather is still frigid in the New York region, but when the Yankees report to sunny Tampa, we’ll have a lot more baseball … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Romine, Brian McCann, Gary Sanchez, JR Murphy, Luis Torrens
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The Yankees biggest prospect flops: Nick Johnson
View image | gettyimages.com Shortly before the new year, I wrote a piece for the Hardball Times chronicling KATOH — a methodology I developed to project prospects’ big league performance. I won’t get into the nitty-gritty, technical details here — … Continue reading
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Tagged KATOH, Nick Johnson, Pinstripe Alley
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How good is Chase Headley on defense?
View image | gettyimages.com After an impressive two-month run in Pinstripes, the Yankees locked up Chase Headley to a four year, $52M deal. That price felt relatively light for a player of Headley’s caliber, especially compared to the 5/$95M the … Continue reading
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Will Brian McCann rebound?
View image | gettyimages.com A new contract, the pressure of New York, age, and the shift. Those are just a few of the explanations for Brian McCann‘s disappointing offensive performance in 2014. There’s no question that his debut in pinstripes didn’t … Continue reading
Potential help for Eovaldi’s lefty problem
View image | gettyimages.com Nathan Eovaldi is a lottery ticket for the Yankees. It’s easy to dream on the 25 year-old flamethrower, especially under the tutelage of Larry Rothschild. Yet, it’s alarming that the Marlins gave up on a big … Continue reading
Is Jacoby Ellsbury slowing down?
View image | gettyimages.com Since breaking in with the Red Sox in 2007, Jacoby Ellsbury has been widely regarded as one of the game’s better defensive center fielders — he took home the Gold Glove Award in 2011. Not only … Continue reading
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