SB Nation User Blog: nyy601

What to expect from these former top prospects?

nyy601 — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:01:14 -0000

Some prospects come right out the gate and you know they will be a star (Bruce, Longoria, Lincecum, Upton). However, thats usually not the case for most. How do you guys see the former top prospects panning out:

Phil Hughes...does he regain his stuff he had before the injuries? can he get through an entire year without getting hurt? will he ever live up to his #1 pitching prospect in baseball status?

Clay Buchholz....another guy with injury problems last year. Will he be the pitcher that dominated most of his rookie year or the one that stuggled almost all of last season.

Billy Butler...turns out he may not be the next Manny Ramirez. Does he find a defensive position? Were is his power?

Alex Gordon...hasn't come close to living up to his potential. Evan Longoria turned out to be everything Gordon was supposed to be. Does he start putting it together next year?

Andy LaRoche...is it possible for him to not be hurt?

Jarrod Saltalamachia...can he stay at catcher? Does he stay in Texas?

Daric Barton...were does he play? Is he a career DH or can he make it at 1B? Will the power come? Still think is a future batting champion?

Adam Jones....all the talent in the world, but does he put it all together?

Carlos Gonzalez...will he put up big numbers in Coors?

This years breakout players?

nyy601 — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:36:53 -0000

I haven't really been following the minors and prospects as much this year as I had the last few. Which players have had a huge rise in there stock so far this season? Who are the guys outside the top 100 that have moved up, top 100 guys that made their way into the top 50, or even guys that made an unexpected rise to become one of the elite prospects in the game (top 20 or so)?

Gamel or Alvarez?

nyy601 — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:50:38 -0000

Question explains it self. Who is the best 3B prospect in the game, Gamel or Alvarez? Both can rake, but have questions about there ability to stay at 3b (Gamel much more of a question than Alvarez).

Gamel's bat was always underrated because of his defense, but now no one can ignore the numbers he is putting up.

Alvarez on the other hand has been headed in the opposite direction since his injury. He has gone from being considered a generational hitter to being consider to maybe not even be the best hitter in the draft.

Poll

Best 3B prospect in the minors

Matt Gamel

68 votes

Pedro Alvarez

85 votes

153 votes | Poll has closed

My Yankees shadow draft

nyy601 — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:16:32 -0000

28- Shooter Hunt (I don't mind the Cole pick but I would have gone with Hunt. If he can work on his control he could be very good.)

44- Tim Melville (I really hate the Bliech pick. I honestly can't see him make an impact in the majors. Melville is easily best player on the board. Give him the big signing bonus he wants. Better to waste the money on prospects than guys like Jaret Wright.)

75- Isaac Galloway (Loads of potential, not sure why he dropped so far in the real draft)

106- Alex Meyer (One of the best high school arms in the draft. I guess he dropped this far due to signability?)

140- Sonny Gray (Small, but great stuff)

170- Harold Martinez (Another high school player that has dropped, great potential)

So as you can see I went more with potential over closeness to the majors and signability. I guess the teams know more than I do because I can't see how Galloway, Meyer, Gray, and Martinez fell so much. Must be signability issues?

OT: Goal Line Blitz

nyy601 — Mon, 26 May 2008 06:11:04 -0000

Have any of you guys played this game yet? It's pretty fun and I think most of you guys would like it. If you are a big sports fan you should definetly give it a try.

You create your own player and train him to get him better. Real people own the teams so it gets pretty interesting. Right now I am getting addicted to it. I had only a RB, but actually spent $10 to get me some more points to buy a WR, OG, and LB.

If you haven't tried yet, I would recomend giving it a try.

Here's a sign up link. http://goallineblitz.com/game/signup.pl?ref=1226092

2013 All Star game

nyy601 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:03:06 -0000

Predict the Starting lineup for each league

Here's mine

AL:

C- Wieters

1B- Morneau

2B- Cano

SS- Brignac???

3B- Gordon

OF- Delmon

OF- B.J

OF- Sizemore

DH- Butler

NL:

C- Martin

1B- Prince

2B- Phillips

SS- Reyes

3B- Wright

OF- Braun

OF- Chris Young

OF- Justin Upton

Nick Blackburn

nyy601 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:14:05 -0000

Wow, I wasn't really sure what to expect from him. Everyone besides BA was low on him, but after watching his first start it looks like BA may have been right.

7IP, 1 R, 6 K, 1 BB

That line is really good, but not the only thing that impressed me. I was expecting him to be throwing in the high 80's and low 90's, but he was working from 93-94 and even hit 96. He threw Vlad a 90 MPH slider. On top of that he has great command.

I know it was only one start, but he looked amazing.

Prospect most likely to....

nyy601 — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:44:03 -0000

Make your picks

Hit 40 homers

Batting average over .320

Steal 50 bases

Win a GG

Win a MVP

Win 20 games

Get 200 K's

ERA under 3

Win a Cy Young

Injuries end their career

Not live up to the hype

LaRoche out 8-10 weeks

nyy601 — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:45:57 -0000

http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/player_main.aspx?sport=MLB&id=545

So much for that starting job at 3B. I have been backing this guy for a long time, but damn just stay healthy.

Spring training prospect tracking

nyy601 — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:52:00 -0000

Anybody have any info on how their teams (or any teams) prospects are looking so far in spring training? Anybody pushing for a starting spot?

Just looking at stats, it looks like Bruce (.571 AVG) and Rasmus (.750 AVG) are making a strong case for opening day jobs.
Maybin has struggled (2-9).
Porcello pitched two prefect innnings. Struck out Frank Thomas.
Braun is picking up were he left off.
Bailey 2 scoreless.