Yankee Prospect Stuff: Zoilo Almonte to Finally Make His Yankee Debut Tonight

Zoilo Almonte has been pencilled into the Yankee lineup tonight  What a long trip it's been for the recently turned 24 year old.   When he was 16 or so, he was a big ticket IFA for the Yanks.   I believe they paid 1M for him.   That was back during the controversial days when the Yankee people in the Dominican were taking kickbacks from IFA's so who knows how much he got to keep.   Anyway, he's a decent enough corner OF, who might actually be a better major league hitter than he's been a minor league hitter, and that' partly because he finally started taking his walks this year in AAA   I believe he's a still a switch hitter, but his lefty power could really play up at the stadium.   We'll see if he's ready to solve a problem for them.   GO ZOILO!

UPDATE: He's Been Scratched.