The Yankees somehow have four first baseman (Mark Teixeira, Greg Bird, Dustin Ackley and Chris Parmelee) on the disabled list. Rob Refsnyder is learning first base as he goes. So, in the interest of signing someone, anyone, who knows how to handle the cold corner, the Yankees have signed Ike Davis to a big league […]
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The Yankees MiLB Week in Review: May 12-19
2016 New York Yankees Affiliates League Team Record GB Division TAv R/G ERA International League Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 23-18 – North Division 0.265 3.49 3.04 Eastern League Trenton Thunder 21-16 4 Eastern Division 0.252 3.36 3.07 Florida State League Tampa Yankees 24-16 2 North Division 0.279 3.68 3.3 South Atlantic League Charleston Riverdogs 23-14 – […]
Prospects Who Could Make An Impact in 2016
The Yankees have started to make an attempt to get younger. Last year, they traded for Nathan Eovaldi and Didi Gregorious, gave rookies Luis Severino and Greg Bird prominent roles, and avoided trading top prospects. The goal of building a team that can have short term and long term success, which is what the Yankees are […]
Who will play second base for the Yankees in the wild card game?
Now that the Yankees have clinched a playoff berth, attention turns to their wild card-game roster. We can guess at the composition of most of that 25-man roster, beginning with about 16 sure things: C Brian McCann C John Ryan Murhphy 1B Greg Bird SS Didi Gregorius 3B Chase Headley OF Carlos Beltran OF Jacoby […]
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 Midseason Top 15 Prospects
Now that the trade deadline has passed, we can all sigh with relief that the Yankees’ newfound prospect depth is almost entirely intact. Ramon Flores and Jose Ramirez, we hardly knew ye. What lies below is my entirely subjective and personal ranking of who I reason to be the fifteen best prospects in the Yankees’ […]
Rushing Rob Refsnyder is not going to save the 2015 Yankees
The Yankees have not exactly gotten off to the best of starts, as they lost both series to begin the year while their offense hit .193/.280/.342 with a 78 wRC+ over the season’s first week. Although there are a number of culprits to their early malaise, the one player many fans appeared fixated on is […]