Prospects of the Week: Gosuke Katoh, 2B: At the end of 2013, second round pick Gosuke Katoh was the talk of the Yankees farm system. After being drafted that same year, he had an impressive performance in Rookie-Ball, hitting .310/.402/.522 in 50 games. With an advanced bat, average power, plus speed, and good second base […]
Author: Ben Diamond
Yankees Minor League Update: (8/7-8/17)
Prospects of the Week: Rob Refnsyder, 2B: The Yankees currently have a stacked Triple-A roster, with loads of MLB-caliber talent. Rob Refsnyder is one of these players, a low-risk player that has an MLB career ahead of him. While it’s been established that Refsnyder will have a career in the majors, what is still up in […]
Yankees Minor League Update (7/31-8/6)
Prospects of the Week: Aaron Judge, RF Aaron Judge came into 2015 being possibly the first Yankee prospect to be under-hyped by the Yankees fanbase. That quickly changed, though. It started with photographs that showed the absurd height difference between Judge and his teammates and coaches. Yankee fans truly started to get excited after he […]
Yankees Minor League Update (7/24-7/30)
Prospects of the Week: Jorge Mateo: In a deadline for the ages, the Yankees have been relatively quiet (so far!). This can partially be attributed to the Yankees unwillingness to part with their top four prospects. Everyone knows about the potential ace, Luis Severino, the towering Aaron Judge, and Greg Bird, widely recognized as the best pure […]
Yankees Minor League Update (7/17-7/23)
Prospects of the Week: Greg Bird (Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre) Bird had a rough start to his Triple-A career, going 11 for his first 47 at-bats (.234 average). Luckily, his talent won out, and the first baseman has a .375 average over his past 10 games, with three home runs and a double. The jump from Double-A to Triple-A is a […]
Yankees Minor League Update (7/10-7/16)
Prospects of the Week: Jake Cave (Double-A Trenton) Considered by some to be the Rodney Dangerfield of the Yankees farm system, Cave is again producing without much fanfare in 2015. Cave’s seen an encouraging cut in strikeout rate from 22.3 percent last season to 16 percent this year as he adjusts to Double-A pitchers. He is running […]
Yankees Minor League Update (7/3-7/9)
Prospects of the Week: Gary Sanchez, C (Double-A Trenton Thunder) Sanchez had one of the best five-day stretches of any player in the minor leagues this past week. Since last Friday, the catching prospect has gone 11-for-24 (.458 BA) with two doubles, four home runs, seven runs, and seven RBI which has lifted his average to […]