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Better Know a Prospect Countdown: 20 - 11

By: Sliding into Home

1Mar2012

Before delving into my constantly evolving (and therefore somewhat arbitrary) rankings, I felt it would be prudent to provide a few token honorable mentions:Zoilo Almonte has all the makings of a league-average corner outfielder. He's a switch hitter...

Angelo Gumbs, Your 2012 Breakout Prospect

By: Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog

1Mar2012

This entry was posted in part on The Yankee Analysts.Prospects with flashy tools and unparalleled athleticism often find themselves on the fast track into my heart. Those that are able to couple such glamor with results and other positive indicators...

Scattered Thoughts on #MysteryTeam

By: Sliding into Home

15Feb2012

This post is being syndicated from The Yankee Analysts.Claiming that Twitter has changed the landscape of sports reporting and journalism has become one of the more cliché statements of the past calendar year or so. In fact, it has become so cliché...

In Defense of a Straight Salary Dump

By: Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog

11Feb2012

The following is being syndicated from The Yankee Analysts.It seems all but inevitable that A.J. Burnett will be toeing the rubber in PNC Park come April, and my feelings are surprisingly mixed on the subject. While I do genuinely believe that he may...

Polishing a Turd with Raul, Johnny, and Hideki

By: Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog

8Feb2012

The following post is being syndicated from The Yankee Analysts.There has been much ado about the Yankees designated hitter situation yesterday, with Buster Olney tweeting that the team was "in position to add" one of Raul Ibanez, Johnny Damon, or Hi...

Bill Hall, and the (Not So) Super-Utility Bargain Bin

By: Sliding into Home

1Feb2012

This post is syndicated from The Yankee Analysts.With the hot stove dwindling just below a simmer, yesterday saw Ken Rosenthal "break" a story with respect to the Yankees' interest in ... Bill Hall. This is indicative of, at the very least, Cashman's...

Better Know a Prospect: Jose Campos

By: Sliding into Home

15Jan2012

The following is being syndicated from The Yankee Analysts.On the heels of what may well be the most intriguing deal of the off-season, the acquisition of Jose Campos has been somewhat lost in the ephemera. This is certainly somewhat justifiable, as...

Whither the Fifth Starter?

By: Sliding into Home

15Jan2012

This post is semi-syndicated from The Yankee Analysts.I cannot fathom a scenario in which A.J. Burnett is a Yankee come the spring … a palpable scenario, at least. Over the past two seasons, a total of eighty-six starting pitchers have tossed at le...

Kuroda Inked to One-Year Deal

By: Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog

13Jan2012

And with that, a potential weakness becomes a clear-cut strength:01. Sabathia02. Pineda03. Kuroda04. Nova05. Garcia/Burnett/HughesI will do my best to touch on both Kuroda and Pineda sometime this weekend. For the time being, suffice it to say that I...

Better Know a Prospect: Ramon Flores

By: Sliding into Home

11Jan2012

This post is syndicated from The Yankee Analysts.Tweener.With the noteworthy exception of ‘bust,’ I am unsure that there is a more dreadful label in the scouting community than ‘tweener’ – particularly when such a label is affixed to a pros...

Sickels Ranks the Yankees Top-20 Prospects

By: Sliding into Home

1Jan2012

Happy New Year!As always, I recommend you read the article in its entirety, as it contains a great deal of worthwhile, interesting commentary. For those of you who may be interesting, I'm currently cobbling together scouting reports and drafting my p...

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