The Official 2012-2013 Yankees Prospect Thread

[TheBadOwl]

My brother's wife's brother starts today working with the Yankees medical staff, he said the doctor he will specifically be with is the one that (maybe he said orthopedic surgeon) that deals with Arm and Shoulder surgeries. He said he is gonna be working with Nick Swisher this up coming week... I'll have to get some insight on the arm problems with the pitching prospects in this organisation... And have him look at my shoulder while I'm at it.

So, your brother-in-law? That's pretty awesome.

[nyyfan4life]

God, Betances ****ing sucks.

[nyyfan4life]

Our 4th rd pick, Corey Black, and 6th rd pick, Nick Goody, are continuing to impress.

[RCSownsU]

Triple-A Scranton (4-3 win over Gwinnett)

CF Chris Dickerson: 2-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 SB — 11 hits in his last 30 at-bats (.367) with three doubles, three triples, and a homer
LF Kevin Russo, RF Cole Garner & 1B Matt Antonelli: all 1-4 — Russo walked and drove in a run … Garner doubled and struck out … Antonelli drove in a run and committed an error on the pickoff play
2B Corban Joseph: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K — broke the tie with a solo homer in the top of the ninth
DH Jack Cust: 0-3, 2 BB
3B Brandon Laird: 1-5
C Frankie Cervelli: 0-4
SS Ramiro Pena: 2-3, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 BB, 1 CS — 16 hits in his last 41 at-bats (.390)
RHP Adam Warren: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 8/2 GB/FB — 64 of 100 pitches were strikes … two runs allowed in his last 18.2 IP
RHP Manny Delcarmen: 1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0/1 GB/FB — 15 of 21 pitches were strikes
LHP Justin Thomas: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1/0 GB/FB — seven pitches, five strikes
RHP Ryota Igarashi: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 19 of 34 pitches were strikes (56%) … 57/12 K/BB in 39 total minor league innings this year

Double-A Trenton (13-12 win over Reading in 12 innings, walk-off style)

LF Jose Pirela: 3-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB — walk-off solo dinger
SS Addison Maruszak: 2-6, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K, 1 CS
2B David Adams: 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB, 2 HBP, 1 E (fielding) — working on a nice little ten-game hitting streak
RF Zoilo Almonte: 2-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 HB, 1 E (fielding) – second homer in the last six games
CF Melky Mesa: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K — nine hits in his last 27 at-bats (.333) with two doubles and two homers
1B Luke Murton: 1-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K — 21st homer capped off a five-run rally to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth
C J.R. Murphy: 1-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HB
3B Rob Segedin: 0-5, 1 R, 1 HB
DH Neil Medchill: 1-6, 1 R, 1 RBI, 3 K
RHP Dellin Betances: 3 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 1/2 GB/FB — 47 of 75 pitches were strikes (63%)
LHP Francisco Rondon: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 26 of 42 pitches were strikes (62%)
RHP Ryan Pope: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2/4 GB/FB — 19 of 24 pitches were strikes (79%)
RHP Kelvin Perez: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 13 pitches, nine strikes
RHP Jon Meloan: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 6/0 GB/FB — 18 of 25 pitches were strikes (72%)
RHP Mark Montgomery: 2 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 2/1 GB/FB — only 15 pitches, 13 of which were strikes

Low-A Charleston (14-13 win over Kannapolis)

SS Cito Culver: 1-4, 2 R, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 CS – leads all non-Cust farmhands with 51 walks
CF Ben Gamel: 2-5, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K — 14 hits in his last 30 at-bats (.467)
3B Dante Bichette Jr. & 1B Tyson Blaser: both 1-4, 2 R, 2 BB — DBJ doubled … Blaser struck out and committed a fielding error
2B Casey Stevenson: 2-3, 3 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB — 13 for his last 38 (.341)
RF Rob Refsnyder: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI
DH Rey Nunez: 0-5, 1 2B, 2 K
C Francisco Arcia: 3-4, 2 R, 3 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 3 PB — had the two-run go-ahead double in the eighth
LF Cody Grice: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K
LHP Matt Bashore: 2.1 IP, 7 H, 10 R, 10 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP — woof
LHP Dan Mahoney: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 2/4 GB/FB
LHP Fred Lewis: 3 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 4/0 GB/FB
RHP Nick Goody: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 0/1 GB/FB — 23/6 K/BB in 14.1 IP

Short Season Staten Island (2-1 loss to Brooklyn in 12 innings, walk-off style)

CF Taylor Dugas: 2-5, 2 K, 1 CS
SS Claudio Custodio & C Peter O’Brien: both 0-5 — Custodio struck out once, O’Brien twice
1B Saxon Butler: 0-4, 1 BB, 1 E (throwing)
DH Matt Snyder, 1B Jose Rosario & LF Danny Oh: all 1-4 — Snyder walked, scored a run, and struck out … Rosario doubled and drove in a run … Oh whiffed twice
RF Exicardo Cayones: 1-5, 3 K — threw a runner out at third
3B Matt Duran: 0-2 – left the game for an unknown reason in the eighth
3B Fu-Lin Kuo: 1-2, 1 K
RHP Corey Black: 6 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 4/3 GB/FB
LHP Josh Romanski: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 0/1 GB/FB
LHP Dietrich Enns: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB
RHP Mariel Checo: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 3/1 GB/FB — both walks was intentional … just sent down from Charleston
RHP Charles Basford: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB

High-A Tampa was rained out. Not sure when or even if they’re going to make this one up because they aren’t scheduled to play Bradenton again this season.

Rookie GCL Yanks had their regularly scheduled Sunday day off

Source: RAB

[dayners81]

God, Betances ****ing sucks.

i thought with the last 4 starts he was turning a corner but my goodness he's been bad this yr. I thought worst case he had a solid shot at being a descent reliever but his command has been so bad all yr I'm not sure if he could hit the broad side of a barn from the mound consistently.

It a shame because he probably has the best overall stuff in the system when he controls it. I doubt the Yanks give up on him because of that but whatever their working on with him isn't working. The cracked finger nail and blister excuses are getting a little old

[Joker55]

Betances will likely never have an impact on our team. Has good "stuff", but he gets lit up or walks the entire team too much. I dont know of how many effective starters were struggling so mightly in AA at 24.

[LeoYankee]

Ummm....Betances was obviously awful last year when he came up. Why this is still a mystery is beyond me.

He has zero chance of success in the big leagues. Zero.

[dayners81]

Ummm....Betances was obviously awful last year when he came up. Why this is still a mystery is beyond me.

He has zero chance of success in the big leagues. Zero.

i don't think a 2 games in late September is enough of a sample size to say he is never going to be any good at the MLB level. His performance so far in the minors though is pretty conclusive of the debacle he has been all yr.

The absolute only reason IMO the Yanks have stuck with him starting this long is because when he has been on he is almost unhittable. His stuff is that good and it always seems to take really tall pitchers alot longer to figure out, Randy Johnson really didn't get his command figured out till he was 27-28. I don't mean that Betances is comparable to Johnson in anyway other than height but if Betances ever figures it out he could be a truly dominant starter.

I would say the chances Betances every seriously contributes anything seriously to the Yankees is less than 5% but IMO that what if factor is so huge with Betances they'll continue to give him opportunities. It would be just the Yanks luck that he would figure it out with another team after they let him go for nothing

[Webslinger]

i don't think a 2 games in late September is enough of a sample size to say he is never going to be any good at the MLB level. His performance so far in the minors though is pretty conclusive of the debacle he has been all yr.

The absolute only reason IMO the Yanks have stuck with him starting this long is because when he has been on he is almost unhittable. His stuff is that good and it always seems to take really tall pitchers alot longer to figure out, Randy Johnson really didn't get his command figured out till he was 27-28. I don't mean that Betances is comparable to Johnson in anyway other than height but if Betances ever figures it out he could be a truly dominant starter.

I would say the chances Betances every seriously contributes anything seriously to the Yankees is less than 5% but IMO that what if factor is so huge with Betances they'll continue to give him opportunities. It would be just the Yanks luck that he would figure it out with another team after they let him go for nothing

Actually, really tall pitchers don't usually work out that well. And please everybody, don't start listing all the exceptions to the rule. You'd only be proving my point.

Betances will likely be traded for some bench help. or something at this point. This is what the yankees typically do whenever they have a top prospect who's struggling a bit.

[devildog]

Betances is a bust

[devildog]

Who fixed Randy Johnson when he had the same problems? The Yanks need to hire that guy.

[Phoba Rama]

Actually, really tall pitchers don't usually work out that well. And please everybody, don't start listing all the exceptions to the rule. You'd only be proving my point.

Betances will likely be traded for some bench help. or something at this point. This is what the yankees typically do whenever they have a top prospect who's struggling a bit.

Agreed. It's very unlikely he'll ever figure it out, and I think Dayners pointed that out. Anyway, no reason to sell low on him now. Wait until he goes on one of his hot streaks, then sell high on him.

[LeoYankee]

Brackman II

[rrzubnyy]

Ummm....Betances was obviously awful last year when he came up. Why this is still a mystery is beyond me.

He has zero chance of success in the big leagues. Zero.

Another pitcher that should have been traded 2-3 years ago..He is now a stiff and will probably never reached the majors...It is too late now..

We couldn't get a bag of balls for him.

[rrzubnyy]

Actually, really tall pitchers don't usually work out that well. And please everybody, don't start listing all the exceptions to the rule. You'd only be proving my point.

Betances will likely be traded for some bench help. or something at this point. This is what the yankees typically do whenever they have a top prospect who's struggling a bit.

Why would any team want him now? So they can try to correct him? Please, he is unfixable!