Notes from winter ball: Bird on a roll in Arizona
Earlier this week, Jim Callis wrote quite a bit about the Yankees currently playing in the Arizona Fall League. He understandably focused on breakout right field prospect Aaron Judge, noting that Judge...
View ArticleWinter league notes: Pirela off to a strong start in Venezuela
Before the end of the regular season, Jose Pirela put up impressive numbers in Triple-A, landed a spot on the 40-man roster, and got his first big league call-up. He undoubtedly emerged as a serious...
View ArticleWinter ball notes: Flores earning more playing time
Ramon Flores continues to get more winter ball at-bats than ever before, and he’s making the most of them. Moved regularly into the No. 2 spot in the order, Flores has 13 hits in his past five games...
View ArticleWinter ball notes: Pirela and Flores stay hot in Venezuela
The Arizona Fall League has ended, so our weekly winter ball updates are going to be a little more limited at this point. The Yankees really don’t have a ton of high-profile guys playing this offseason...
View ArticleNo Jeter, no Cervy, no D-Rob: A list of the longest-tenured current Yankees
We’ve known for months that the Yankees would lose their longest-tenured, homegrown player this offseason. But as it’s turned out, Derek Jeter’s not not the organization’s only familiar face who’s...
View ArticleWinter ball notes: Adonis Garcia getting hot, Esmil Rogers getting started
I had this post planned before the Yankees got busy making moves. If you’re interested in things not involving the loss of Martin Prado and the addition of a young starter, here are a few updates from...
View ArticleWinter notes: Flores becomes a standout in Venezuela
Winter leagues are into the postseason at this point, which means we have complete regular season numbers from Venezuela, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. The results are pretty solid for most of...
View ArticleWinter ball notes: Recapping the Yankees offseason standouts
Kind of a pointless exercise — you could probably say that about 80 percent of offseason stories and blog posts — but it occurred to me last week that you could put together a pretty decent...
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