River Ave. Blues (Free subscription) | yesterday
Make sure you check out Fack Youk’s take on Austin Jackson. AzFL Surprise (5-2 loss to Peoria Saguaros) Brandon Laird: 0 for 4, 1 K Colin Curtis: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K – three homers in 57 at-bats in the AzFL, seven in 464 during the regular season Zach Kroenke: 1 [...] Post from: River Ave. Blues A New York Yankees blog Curtis goes deep for Surprise
Pinstripe Alley (Free subscription) | yesterday
by Michael Appleton - AP View full size photo » Can we finally give some credit to Brian Cashman? After an eight year drought, he finally put the Yankees back on top of the baseball world. After acquiring underachiever after underachiever, Cash built a team based on healthy and dependable stars. In years past, we'd seen the likes of Jaret Wright , Kevin Brown, Randy Johnson , Gary Sheffield ,...
Sliding Into Home (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
From Tim Kurkjian : 1. How will the world champion Yankees rework their roster? They have three primary free agents, left fielder Johnny Damon, designated hitter Hideki Matsui and starting pitcher Andy Pettitte. Last winter, the Yankees didn't even make an offer to Bobby Abreu or Jason Giambi, allowing each to leave via free agency even though each had recorded pretty good numbers in 2008. Look for...
Sliding Into Home (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
In the wake of the euphoria over the Yankees World Series victory, the one question that seems to be on everybody's mind is this: Damon or Matsui? Both of them contributed hugely to both the Yankees regular and postseason success. Both also came up huge in the World Series. Both are also getting older though, and neither have shown any indications that they may be the least bit interested in retirement....
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
They aren't related, but it's easy to guess Sidney Rice's favorite player growing up. The Vikings receiver is no Jerry Rice yet, but he tops a dozen breakout guys on Pete Prisco's list of most improved players.
CBS SportsLine.com - Columns by Pete Prisco (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
They aren't related, but it's easy to guess Sidney Rice's favorite player growing up. The Vikings receiver is no Jerry Rice yet, but he tops a dozen breakout guys on Pete Prisco's list of most improved players.
milk was a bad choice... (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
1. It was nice to see Matsui lock up the MVP in what was very likely his final series with the Bombers. There is just no way the Yankee front office can justify carrying both he & Johnny Damon moving forward, especially with Austin Jackson in the fold... 2. Mariano Rivera is not human. He looked just as dominant this postseason as he did way back in the late 90's. The pivotal game five was the...
Sliding Into Home (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
The Surprise Rafters lost to the Peoria Saguaros 6-5. The loss drops the Rafters' record to 8-8: Box Score - Recap Pitching: Ian Kennedy: 4 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, pitches-strikes: 69-43, 4.11 ERA Grant Duff (BS, 1): 0.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, pitches-strikes: 23-11, 5.06 ERA Mike Dunn (L, 0-2): 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, pitches-strikes: 39-24, 2.70 ERA The Hardball Times came...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
This time, from Top Prospect Alert(h/t SG): 1. Jesus Montero 2. Austin Jackson 3. Slade Heathcott 4. Manny Banuelos 5. Zach McAllister 6. Arodys Vizcaino 7. Austin Romine 8. Melky Mesa 9. D.J. Mitchell 10. Dellin Betances I hadn't seen this site before; it seems very spammy, so I wasn't even sure I wanted to link to them. Anyway, Melky Mesa is way too high, Romine [...]
The Yankee Universe (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Here’s a quick nightcap for you: BA GIVES A-JAX PROPS Baseball America has named Austin Jackson the 7th best International League prospect in the game (the list features the top-20 IL prospects). The only other position players listed before him were Matt Wieters and Andrew McCutchen, which speaks volumes about Jackson’s talent (he’s rated higher than Cleveland’s [...]
River Ave. Blues (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Baseball America finished their league top 20 series today, wrapping up with the Triple-A International League. Austin Jackson was the only Yankee prospect to make the list, ranking 7th overall. Only Andrew McCutchen of the Pirates placed higher among outfielders. The subscriber only scouting report called Jackson “most exciting player to spend the full season [...] Post from: River Ave. Blues...
Sliding Into Home (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Baseball American has been running down their list of top prospects in each minor league division. Today they posted their list of top International League prospects , and the only Yankee to make the list was outfielder Austin Jackson, who came in seventh. Jackson was the most exciting player to spend the full season in the IL, flashing all five tools while leading the circuit in triples and ranking...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
Cjennings / Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Blog : September 17: Postgame notes — First things first, Juan Miranda (right) is going to New York. — I guess there could be more moves in the next few days, but for now, he's the only call-up from the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees clubhouse. Austin Jackson said he hadn't heard anything definitive …
Sliding Into Home (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
Chad Jennings is reporting that Juan Miranda has been recalled by the Yankees. If you're wondering about Austin Jackson and Zach Kroenke, Jennings said: Austin Jackson said he hadn't heard anything definitive, but he's planning to simply go home to Texas. Zach Kroenke's not planning to go up either. I would be very disappointed if neither got called up, but with no spots open on the 40-man roster I...
Sliding Into Home (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
==== ==== = == = = === We are lucky enough to have a SWB report from BigGuy tonight. He won't be doing these all the time by when he does I will post them. Thanks BG for the great contributions. (Triple-A) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre lost to Durham 4-1 in game 1 of the Governor's Cup finals: Box Score - Recap The SWB Yanks met the Durham Bulls (Tampa) at Durham in the 1st game of the Governor's Cup Championship....
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