Welcome Back, Marcus!
The Yanks have apparently signed Marcus Thames. If it was to the 40, they'll have to release someone, otherwise it's just a minor league deal. Thames came up with the Yanks and has shown some righty power in his career, if little else. He doesn't walk, but perhaps could be influenced to. Anyway, he'll be in camp. Jeter, Cervelli, Hughes and David Robertson are already there. Go Yanks!UPDATE: it's a minor league deal, so no 40 spot.
posted by Kalel9 @ 12:32 PM
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Phil
What do you think about the Tabata may be older than previously thought story?
I haven't seen anything that proves he is older, but if he is, the trade is not nearly as bad as the prospect was not nearly as good.
OT, Duhon is the starting PG again. Yet another reason why I don't like D'Antoni as a coach.
It's cause Nate has a groin injury. Though Nate has only 11 assists to Gallo through the first 41 games of the season. He just won't pass to him.
Good AAA insurance.
Phil, what do you think of this quote from the NoMaas interview with John Manuel:
"...the Red Sox have more athletes, more up-the-middle talent, and I would say equal pitching depth. No Yankees pitcher projects as well as Casey Kelly, who I'm extremely high on.
Boston's actually become much more high school and and international oriented the last couple of years, and its system reflects that -- more high-risk, high-reward players. The Yankees draft more conservatively than Boston right now."
It's absolute bs. Not only do they not have a Montero. They don't have a Gary Sanchez. I don't think they have a Romine. And if Brackman and Betances are healthy, they don't have them. We'll see how this turns out, but our system has been underrated.
Also, I don't understand why the Sox get credit for having talent in A and below, but we don't. We're loaded in A and below.
I would add Bradley Suttle to that list. I'm also high on Corban Joseph, although he hasn't been injured.
It has apparently taking Liriano three years to recover from TJ surgery, which could be good news with regard to Brackman.
Francisco Liriano, P, Leones del Escogido, (Minnesota Twins): No player in the winter league season generated as much hype as Liriano, who was 3-1 with a 0.49 ERA during the Dominican league playoffs. Now more than three years removed from Tommy John surgery, Liriano may be ready for a standout year for the Twins, who appear to be the favorites in the AL Central. More important than the statistics, Liriano was throwing harder than he has since 2006 and was relying again on his slider, a pitch he had been afraid to use after his surgery. According to fangraphs.com, Liriano used his slider 37.6 percent of the time during his breakout year in 2006. Last year, he used the slider only 27.6 percent of the time.
"This is me," Liriano told Minnesota reporters during the team's FanFest a couple weeks ago. "That's the way I know how to pitch. Not worry about anything or any hitter. Just go out there and try to throw first pitch strikes and locate my fastball. I feel like I did in '06, I have my confidence back. My arm feels great. Physically and mentally I'm ready to go."
Whenever Nardi has been around Brackman has been lights out. Nardi felt Brackman was getting too much advice from too many people. Nardi showed him tape from Hawaii where he was a beast. Then over course he was terrific when they took away the change and put him in the pen. He got his change back at instructs and it was fitting in with his other pitches. I'm expecting a big year from him.
Mike,
It was not my intent to mention every good prospect we had, just the ones that the Sox have no equal for in terms of upside.
Maybe Nardi could help Joba and Hughes more if he was the ML pitching coach. I'm not high on Eiland.
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