2009 Yankee Draft Signing Thread

[pedroia_the_destroyah53]

It's illegal?

 

Why would anyone do something against the law? That would be awful.

[jacksonianmarch]

Why don't you just copy and paste what they said' date=' like people do from ESPN Insider?[/quote']

 

PP actually had right clicking disabled, so you cannot cut and paste

[CrespoBlows]

Why would anyone do something against the law? That would be awful.

 

No, you f***ing Communist. It's someone else's property. Compensate them for it.

[Dutchy]

PP actually had right clicking disabled' date=' so you cannot cut and paste[/quote']

 

Just highlight the text and press Ctrl C, that will copy the text.

[jacksonianmarch]

you cannot highlight the text either. He's sneaky. I'll see what I can do

[Cocos Disciples]

PinstripesPlus probably wants you to pay for their content, please respect that.

[Dutchy]

you cannot highlight the text either. He's sneaky. I'll see what I can do

 

Couldn't you just type it out then?

 

What about NoMass? Can you copy text from there?

[Dutchy]

PinstripesPlus probably wants you to pay for their content' date=' please respect that.[/quote']

 

I'm sure MLB.tv wants us all to pay for their services as well, but half this site watches MLB.tv streams for free

[jacksonianmarch]

Couldn't you just type it out then?

 

What about NoMass? Can you copy text from there?

 

Its coming. I will get it. He has mentioned it a bunch in the context of conversations about him on the site, but I PMed him about it. That will get copied to my email and I will cut and paste it from there.

[jacksonianmarch]

By the way, he hit his 8th homer last night. He now has a .700+ SLG and a 1.1+OPS.

[Dipre]

No' date=' you f***ing Communist. It's someone else's property. Compensate them for it.[/quote']

 

Communist hate lolwut.

 

The extreme right is awesome.

[Dutchy]

Communist hate lolwut.

 

The extreme right is awesome.

 

Better stay away from me DrSoxFan, I'll try to recruit you to my TalkSox union!

[CrespoBlows]

Communist hate lolwut.

 

The extreme right is awesome.

 

When did respecting property rights make someone belong to the extreme right?

[Dipre]

When did respecting property rights make someone belong to the extreme right?

 

Chill out dude, it's just a joke.

[CrespoBlows]

Chill out dude' date=' it's just a joke.[/quote']

 

Why do you assume that people are flipping out when they are asking you a question?

[Dipre]

Why do you assume that people are flipping out when they are asking you a question?

 

Because you usually flip out, dude, lol.

 

Anyways, it was just a joke.

[jacksonianmarch]

Yeah past history suggests there's an excellent chance Medchill starts next season in Tampa, at least, as of right now. I'll have a better idea after the Instructional League season but all signs point towards yes.

 

There isn't a Charleston outfielder that has to be promoted to Tampa next season, although personally I have a hard time believing they'll send Almonte back to Charleston for a third year; Grote, Kruml, they're okay players at this point but not the kind of priority guys where you hold back a Medchill to make room for them.

[Dutchy]

 

A post wihout a single word that's original to you. Remind me to quote this next time you claim a poster of borrowing their ideas from someone else (for the billionth time).

 

Your act is tired, man. Please take it to a Yankees site where only a quarter of the posters will laugh at you on a regular basis.

[jacksonianmarch]

You asked for the words from the horse's mouth and I gave them to you.

[jacksonianmarch]

The yankees have had a busy day.

 

It started yesterday with the signing of RHP Graham Stoneburner out of Clemson. The big, hard throwing sinkerballer with a ton of projection who was taken out of the 15th round and signed over slot

 

Today, it started at the top. Slade Heathcott, the 2009 first round pick of NYY, and the versatile HS lefty CFer and pitcher has signed.

 

JR Murphy (2nd round), the HS catcher with the very strong bat has also signed

 

And out of the fifth round, Caleb Cotham has signed. He is widely considered our best pitcher in the draft and was signed for the second highest bonus of anyone in the 5th round. He is the biggest sleeper in the draft and will likely blow through the low levels quickly in 2010

 

There are expected to be plenty more to come as today is the deadline

[Gom]

Is it just me, or is this whole draft pick s*** immensely boring?

[rhet]

Is it just me' date=' or is this whole draft pick s*** immensely boring?[/quote']

 

 

It's just you.

[Spudboy]

Is it just me' date=' or is this whole draft pick s*** immensely boring?[/quote']

 

I'll admit that I'm not very interested in the Yankee's signings but it's a fair trade to have Jacko's assessments of the Sox signings.

[a700hitter]

These Draft Signing threads are about as interesting as watching paint dry.

[jacksonianmarch]

The Yankees finished with signing RHP Bryan Mitchell and IF Joe Talarico. Apparently, the budget has been reached, although 2 highly talented prep players are still negotiating in Evan DeLuca and a RHP named Thompson.

[jacksonianmarch]

So to recap, the yankees draft and signs are a pretty solid crew.

 

Prep Bats

Slade Heathcott highlights the group as the #1 draft pick. Lefty power hitter with great speed signed for $2.2 million. If he doesnt hit, he can always make it on the mound, as he tops out at 96mph from the left side.

J.R. Murphy was a sleeper in the draft in the second round, but has been anything but since. Short, strong catcher with good gap power and very strong catching skills, he signed for $1.25mil.

Jud Golsan is the final prep bat signed by NY. The lean speedster was drafted in the 31st round. He is the fastest player in the yankee system by far now (yes, faster than Gardner) but has a long way to go with the bat.

 

College Bats

The yankees only took 1 college bat in the top 10 rounds, but their best comes in at #11.

Robert Lyerly the 6th rounder picked by NY out of UNC Charlotte was considered a solid professional hitter, but has spent a lot of time on the DL this season for the SI Yankees.

Neil Medchill the 11th round pick out of OK State was the best college bat taken. He was considered a potential top 3 round pick. He has delivered on that promise in the NYP this yr, by tying the SI record for homeruns in a season with 12. He should easily slide into long season ball as one of our best power theats in the minors.

DeAngelo Mack could be the most versatile bat taken. Lefty power hitter with great speed, he is having a solid yr in the NYP and should also snag a starting job in long season come 2010.

Luke Murton taken in the 19th round has also shown some pop as the SI Yankees 1b with 7 homers in the short season league. He is most likely a filler who will struggle vs better pitching, but the intrigue of the long ball is nice in a system that lacks quality power

Joe Talarico JuCo player signed overslot on the final day, Talerico provides a well rounded offensive player, capable of stealing bases and gap power at this time.

 

Prep Pitchers

Pretty shallow, but talented class after taking a ton of prep pitchers in 2008.

Brett Gerritse 11th rounder who is built like a horse. He throws low 90s with a now curveball, he signed for overslot and looks to be a potential middle of the rotation starter

Bryan Mitchell 16th rounder signed on the last day for 800K has a ton of projection. He maxes out at 91-92 right now, but has a big frame and a plus breaking ball right now. His command is much better than most high schoolers as well, making him a potential top of the rotation starter if they are able to match his heat to his frame.

Mariel Checo the 41st pick for the yankees, was the top rated NYC prep player who signed overslot a few weeks back. He is a project with a very live fastball (95-96mph) and a powerful, but inconsistent breaking ball. His mechanics need a complete overhaul. He might toil in the short season leagues for another season, but if he gets it figured out, he could be something special.

 

College Pitchers

Getting back to what worked in 2006, when the yankees drafted Kennedy, Chamberlain, Kontos, McCutchen and Robertson as college arms, this draft has a ton of them. What makes it a bit more painful is the fact that we let some of them slide (LHP's Meade and Lyons).

Adam Warren our 4th rounder with a massive frame has seen his stuff improve considerably since signing. He's gone from sitting 88-92 to sitting 92-94 and topping out at 96. He has parlayed that extra power into dynamite numbers in SI and a likely skip of Low A for 2010 (1.05ERA 0.98WHIP in 42.2IP)

Caleb Cotham our 5th rounder, signed today. He is our consensus best pitcher taken. RHP with mid to high 90s gas and a plus slider, he is being considered a poor man's Joba by some of the yankee scout gurus.

Sean Black our 7th rounder was a 1st round talent out of HS, but decided to forgo signing and go to Seton Hall. He never turned his talent into success at SH, some theorize it could be the metal bat syndrome. He features mid 90s heat with a pretty solid offspeed arsenal. Since signing, he has been very solid at SI with an ERA of 1.52 and a WHIP of 0.88. He is another guy who could skip low A and jump to High A.

Sam Elam might have the best stuff of any guy drafted by NY, but is equally wild. Capable of throwing high 90s from the left hand side, he has a ton of work to do to get ready for 2010 as his BB totals in the GCL are just absurd.

Gavin Brooks the UCLA product is another wild lefty who has a dynamite arsenal. His numbers in the NYP have been solid in terms of power and ERA out of the pen, but the walks (20 in 36IP) need to be improve upon.

Shane Greene is a guy who was drafted well ahead of where he was thought to be drafted until teams started seeing the guy he became prior to the draft. He was a pitcher who never threw very hard prior to TJS. After the surgery, he enrolled at Daytona beach where his FB gained velocity into the mid 90s. He still needs to develop a quality offspeed pitch and will likely be a pen arm, but he is a guy with dynamite heat.

 

 

Overall, we added a lot of talent through the draft. Heathcott, Murphy, and Medchill will be very interesting offensive players to follow. Mitchell, Gerritse, Checo, Cotham, Warren, and others will be very interesting pitchers to follow.

[jacksonianmarch]

The Yankees snuck HS LHP Evan DeLuca under the deadline. 44th rounder out of NY, DeLuca is a LHP with a big frame capable of sitting right around 90mph. He's got a good change and sinker and quite a lot of projection left. That adds some depth to the prep pitching slot.

[jacksonianmarch]

Lane Meyer- a draft guru at nomaas.org, probably the best thing nomaas has going for them (the rest of the site is spoofy/comical, but nonsensical) gave the yankees draft class a B+ even while missing out on Aaron Meade, Tyler Lyons, and Chad Thompson on the pitching side and Andrew Aplin on the offensive side.

 

http://www.nomaas.org/draft/

 

He's a really good draft analyst and has pointed out finds before they came true in prior year's drafts (a la DJ Mitchell in 2008 and a la Joba Chamberlain in 2006). For reference, he gave the 2008 draft class a B-, mostly since he gave the yankees credit for going after a signability case in Cole and also for some of the finds in the later rounds like Turley, Richardson and Joseph.

[Mr Crunchy]

Here we go, the annual pinstriped masturbation festival with MJ and his cant miss, 5 tool,hi 90s 12-6 prospects that will be beating down bostons door in the next 10 years..

Kei Igawa and Ian Kennedy best hold on tight as they will have some competetion in the next 18 months for the 4th and 5th slot in the Columbus rotation.

44th rounder out of highschool who hit 90 on the gun eh??...

Jeff Spinelli says hello from the Chelsea fruit market.

[rician blast]

Somewhere, likely in a hospital lavatory stall, an over-exuberant Yankee fan sits, pants around ankles, meat in hand, analyzing the latest Yankee's draft and minor league news, then spews on Austin Jackson's photo, while uttering "Deangelo Mack, Ream my crack"