The Yankees Had a MONSTER Draft

I wanted power arms and power bats and they got some of both. Overall they chose 23 RHP's 3 LHP's and one who throws both. The lefties were all taken late and I don't know much about them yet, but the righties are for the most part the kind of hard throwers I favor taking every year. They also took a number of C's, OF's and INF's. Here's a link to the complete list: http://tinyurl.com/yrvsha

The Yanks went after a bunch of tough to sign kids including Suttle, Grote, Krum, Angelini, Carpenter, Peavey , Storen and Holle. The Yanks need to sign all of them if they want to take the next step. Carpenter and Peavey are high upside pitchers with some knocks, but the kind Nardi can work wonders with. Both have some projecting them as relievers, but they are the type of hard throwers that Nardi would teach a third pitch to and keep them as starters. Angelini has a chance to be our next SS and he needs to be signed up. There are strong, organizational reasons for taking all of them, and the Yanks have no reasons not to.

Once again a great job was done by Damon Cashman, his crosscheckers and scouts. The Yankees drafts really changed when Damon took over the drafting and Cashman put the focus back on the farm. It keeps paying off!