Yanks Draft Day 1 Review

The Yanks must be loading up for something.  Otherwise, night one can only be seen as the draft team following an ownership dictum to draft floor, with one pick below it, and only college picks.   At # 16, their highest pick in 22 YEARS, the Yanks took RHP James Kaprielian out of UCLA.  Kaprielian has been described two different ways.  First, as a four pitch pitchability guy with a superbly located 89-92 mph fastball.  Second, he's been described as that same guy with a 92-95 mph fastball.  That's a completely different animal, though, I hope they can get whichever he is at a number that is below slot.

They then threw away the number 30 pick.   Seriously, it would have been better for them to just take a college senior whom they could have signed for 5K than to take a no hit shortstop.   If this character gets even half of slot, then the Yanks don't understand how to work the new rules.

With the 57th pick in the draft the Yanks took senior LHP Jeff DeGano.  DeGano is a fastball, slurve change guy whom they will probably try to develop further as a starter, but they better be getting him for peanuts.

Overall, this looked like it could be a monster draft for the Yanks, with three day 1 picks, four top 100 picks and their best starting position in 22 years.   Thus far it is looking like anything but a monster.  They need to save big on these first three picks and have a huge day tomorrow.