Yankee DNA on Display!

The Yanks came from behind and won 6-5 on a walk of two run jack by long time prospect Bronson Sardinha today. Bronson has been very impressive since he finally settled on a position and got promoted to AAA last season. And he has continued to impress this Spring. You have to wonder how many Yankee prospects were broken during the years when the Yanks wouldn't bring them up. It seems like it's not too late for Bronson, and that's great to see!

The other big story was oft knocked pitching prospect Tyler Clippard. His fastball was 90-93 all day and his secondary stuff was filthy at times. I think it's time to put the "no fastball" knock away and start realizing all those #'s were the products of great stuff, pitchability and presence. I was very impressed when he didn't come complete apart after accidentally hitting a batter in the head with change that didn't break. He missed to more change-ups, then just got back to dominating. Really impressive. He had a fastball, change-up, curveball sequence to K the final batter he faced. Way to go, Ty Clip!!!!

More on the Minors: Pinstripes Plus is reporting that basically all of the prosopects showed up in much better shape when Minor League camp opened this morning. You have to think that the success of Wang, Cano and Melky and made them all hungry to be Yankees.