cmaff051 wrote:If Joba brings a consistent changeup to the major leagues, teams better be afraid, very afraid..
he had about 3-4 of his 12Ks on the changeup
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Phil Hughes Update
Just got an e-mail back from Phil Hughes. He threw his second session of batting practice today in Tampa today and it went well.
He is scheduled to make a rehab start for Class A Tampa on Monday at home against Dunedin then will head for Trenton and Scranton.
If Hughes has no issues, it
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Yankee Minors Recap: 7/5
Trenton vs Altoona, Trenton won 5-4 (8 innings, rain shortened).
Brett Gardner went 1-4 with a run scored and a K. He also stole his 17th base.(I love speed
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Miranda was 3 - 4 for Trenton on Thursday, a double and 2 RBI.
Miranda is now batting .333, 10-30 with a HR, triple, and 3 doubles. He has a .444 OBP and a .567 SLG.
Jeff Marquez pitched six solid innings, giving up 7 hits and 4 runs (only one earned), walked one and struck out three
Tampa vs Sarasota, Tampa won 5-2 (completion of suspended game from 7/4).
Austin Jackson went 1-2 with a triple, a walk, 2 runs scored and a K.
Jose Tabata was 1-4 with a run scored and a K.
Marcos Vechionacci went 3-4 with an RBI and K.
George Kontos pitched two innings, giving up two hits (including a solo-HR) while striking out 5, and the 6th out was a groundout.
Tampa vs Sarasota, Tampa defeated 1-3 (game 2, 7 innings).
Austin Jackson continued to rake, going 2-3 with a solo HR and a K.
Jose Tabata went 1-3 with a K.
Daniel McCutchen earned the loss, pitching 5 innings while giving up 7 hits and 3 runs. He walked one and struck out three.
At first, I didn
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Carlos Lee is worthless. Look, I get all the Tabata hype. But hearts next to a 1-4. Lets not get carried away. I just like to play Devils advocate around here and keep you guys grounded.
Now I'm glad we don't need to have anything about Edwar Ramirez on this thread anymore.
Now I'm glad we don't need to have anything about Edwar Ramirez on this thread anymore.
HCYanks wrote:Thanks for reminding me Clay Buchholz is a couple of blocks away from me, Fox. Now I have to go hide my laptop.
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Jose: "34CELTIC I'm 18 not 24 or 26 like you see me, I also have 767 career ABs in the US and batting .309 AVG, Carlos Lee did worse than me at my age"
Funny thing is that almost every top teenage prospects have done worse than Tabata. Andruw Jones put up slightly better numbers, but he was 18 in low A ball and 19 in high A ball. Miguel Cabrera was also 18 in low A and 19 in high A, but other than some extra power, his numbers weren't even close to Tabata's at those levels. And those two guys were considered absolutely monstrous as teenage prospects in the lower levels. With a nice show of power in the second half, Tabata will be extremely highly regarded (as if he isn't already).
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cmaff051 wrote:If you had to draw out a perfect plan for a 16 year old to get to the majors as quickly as possible, Tabata's career would be a very good benchmark.
Exactly, the kid has been incredibly steady at each level and has given absolutely no reason to question how great he can be. Look at the consistency.
2005 (GCL Yankees - 44 games): .314/.382/.417 - .799 OPS
2006 (Charleston - 86 games): .298/.377/.420 - .797 OPS
2007 (Tampa - 71 games): .312/.380/.387 - .767 OPS
The power is slightly down this season, but that is undoubtedly related to the wrist injury that lingered from last season and came up again in winter ball. In the last month or so, he has already showed a ton of signs of being healed and putting up more extra base hits. Also, I've heard comments from scouts that say he hits the most balls for flyouts to the warning track. Once he gets older and stronger, those will all become home runs. He is going to be a stud.
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Brett Gardner has to be one of the most underrated prospects in baseball. I've rarely heard scouts talking about him, yet he has speed comparable to Juan Pierra and Scott Podsednik with the on-base ability of Grady Sizemore. I'm not quite sure how tools like those can go unnoticed to such an extent.
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cmaff051 wrote:Promote him to Trenton
If Tabata is in Trenton for the stretch run, that Trenton team will run away with the Eastern League title.
Gardner and Tabata, along with Miranda in the lineup. Then of course the 3 headed monster in the starting rotation of Joba/Kennedy/Horne.
By the way, when Hughes makes his rehab start for Trenton, for that one day we will get a preview of a Hughes/Joba/Kennedy/Horne rotation (minus Wang)
