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12 months ago :: Jun 11, 2012 - 6:58AM #41
cano33 Posts: 405	Robertson? Cano? Nova? Gardner? Hughes? Austin Jackson? Montero? Melky? Thats 8 guys from our system.
12 months ago :: Jun 11, 2012 - 7:12AM #42
dixieyank Posts: 2,455	So we are looking for a Soler eclipse? Who knows, a guy like that could move thru the ranks really quick. Look at Bryce Harper, and how all the experts were saying he should still be in AAA at the start of the season. He got called up, and now everyone is saying how he's on his way to stardom.
12 months ago :: Jun 11, 2012 - 7:13AM #43
61in61 Posts: 12,350	Jun 11, 2012 -- 6:58AM, cano33 wrote: Robertson? Cano? Nova? Gardner? Hughes? Austin Jackson? Montero? Melky? Thats 8 guys from our system. Cano was signed 11 years ago and Hughes is now in his 8th year and Gardner in year 7. The point is, what prospect is ready to take over a position in the next year or so?
12 months ago :: Jun 11, 2012 - 7:13AM #44
61in61 Posts: 12,350	Jun 11, 2012 -- 7:12AM, dixieyank wrote: So we are looking for a Soler eclipse? Who knows, a guy like that could move thru the ranks really quick. Look at Bryce Harper, and how all the experts were saying he should still be in AAA at the start of the season. He got called up, and now everyone is saying how he's on his way to stardom. Harper was not in the Yankee system. That's the difference.
12 months ago :: Jun 11, 2012 - 9:45AM #45
cookback Posts: 821	it takes a very special kind of "kid" to play in New York. Lots of kids have the physical talent, but the mental fortitude is a whole other ball game. Even some veteran major leaguers couldn't cut in the spotlight that is the Yankees. I firmly believe that this is a major variable in why the Yanks don't bring up young guys too often. It's a whole lot easier playing in a town that doesn't have the knowledge, history or expectations that Yankee fans have. Only very special "kids" like Jeter can make the adjustment easily. Life is better when the Yankees win !
12 months ago :: Jun 11, 2012 - 9:52AM #46
cookback Posts: 821	Harper might actually have been one of those types of kids to succeed in NY...and he's a life long Yankee fan... But the Yanks don't get many number one draft picks for a reason... So pick your poison... Perennial contender or top draft pick. Life is better when the Yankees win !
12 months ago :: Jun 11, 2012 - 10:34AM #47
JoeGNJ Posts: 9,590	Jun 11, 2012 -- 9:52AM, cookback wrote: Harper might actually have been one of those types of kids to succeed in NY...and he's a life long Yankee fan... But the Yanks don't get many number one draft picks for a reason... So pick your poison... Perennial contender or top draft pick. Maybe Harper's a lifrelong Yankee fan but, from all Ive heard of him Yankee class sure hasnt rubbed off on him. JoeGNJ
12 months ago :: Jun 11, 2012 - 10:38AM #48
yank0428 Posts: 3,959	Jun 11, 2012 -- 9:52AM, cookback wrote: Harper might actually have been one of those types of kids to succeed in NY...and he's a life long Yankee fan... But the Yanks don't get many number one draft picks for a reason... So pick your poison... Perennial contender or top draft pick. Cook up until July the Yanks had no penalty signing international free agents. They should have done a better job there. Now with the new CBA they have their work cut of for them in the draft and international signings. They should be loaded all through the system with prospects if they were doing a good job, not just in A ball.
12 months ago :: Jun 11, 2012 - 10:41AM #49
yank0428 Posts: 3,959	Jun 11, 2012 -- 10:34AM, JoeGNJ wrote: Jun 11, 2012 -- 9:52AM, cookback wrote: Harper might actually have been one of those types of kids to succeed in NY...and he's a life long Yankee fan... But the Yanks don't get many number one draft picks for a reason... So pick your poison... Perennial contender or top draft pick. Maybe Harper's a lifrelong Yankee fan but, from all Ive heard of him Yankee class sure hasnt rubbed off on him. Joe that might be true but so far he hasn't shown any of that in the bigs. Not everybody is Jeter or comes from his type of family. Maybe he will grow up, still very young.
12 months ago :: Jun 11, 2012 - 10:52AM #50
GottaGoToMo Posts: 33,281	Jun 11, 2012 -- 9:45AM, cookback wrote: it takes a very special kind of "kid" to play in New York. Lots of kids have the physical talent, but the mental fortitude is a whole other ball game. Even some veteran major leaguers couldn't cut in the spotlight that is the Yankees. I firmly believe that this is a major variable in why the Yanks don't bring up young guys too often. It's a whole lot easier playing in a town that doesn't have the knowledge, history or expectations that Yankee fans have. Only very special "kids" like Jeter can make the adjustment easily. Great post!