Kennedy has surgery
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on May 12, 2009 
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good luck IPK!!
we don’t need you to come back soon…we need you to focus on coming back healthy
Best wishes to IPK.
Why again didn’t we trade this guy and Hughes and Melky for Santana?
Best wishes to IPK
Jeez have we had awful luck with our prospects. The shift in power in the AL East can be almost directly attributable to the Red Sox ability to develope their young stars, while for some reason or another the Yanks cannot seem to do the same.
Yanks have developed Joba and Cano recently. (Jury is still out on Melky and Wang was signed as a much more mature player).
Hughes and Kennedy have been busts so far and no one outside of maybe Austin Jackson shows any real promise of becoming a Superstar that is above A ball.
Sox have successfully developed Youkilis, Pedroia, Ellsbury, Papelbon, Lowrie, and Masterson. They also have Bard and Bowden waiting in the wings.
The Yanks need to take a hard look at the people in charge of developing their talent, because something seems to be wrong.
Get well soon IPK!
Justin
Hughes isn’t a bust. You didn’t mention Joba, Wang, or Cano.
Hey Justin….they are still the Red Sox.The pendulum won’t take to long to swing back.
The 1st time Hughes n Kennedy came up, they did well. The 2nd time, not so much. Hughes is getting his 3rd chance, Kennedy may not. Just because they didn’t come up and instantly stick doesn’t make them busts. Hughes is only 22 for crying out loud(Kennedy is 24, I think, but don’t quote me on that). Its frustrating that some fans think that because our prospects arent being hyped on ESPN/SI/whatever sports publication out there and the Red Sox ones are, that ours are busts.
What a bum. Has done nothing for this organization since joining.
Hopefully we never find out the deal to get Johan Santana for Kennedy/Cabrera was real. That would be terrible.
Anyway, get well IPK. We miss you nibbling on the strike zone like a scared rabbit.
Justin you make a preopsterous point supported by selective facts. The Red Sawx get major credit from you for developing Youkilis, but the Yanks get no credit for Wang? Did you know Youkilis is two years OLDER.
You give major credit for Lowrie who has shwon little, but say the jury is out on Melky who has outperformed Lowire in every imaginable category.. did you know Lowrie is also OLDER than Melky?
In terms of star power its Cano and Joba versus Papelbon and Pedroia…. that’s pretty close but right now I would agree to give the edge to Boston.
Of course, Papelbon is OLDER than Cano and Pedroia is OLDER than Joba.
It’s sad that guys feel like it’s ok to hide behind an anonymous forum to take pot shots at someone who just had surgery to correct a life-threatening condition. Not so classy.
First off, I did mention Joba, Cano, and Wang. Please re-read. Second the Yankees didn’t “develop” Wang they signed him as an Int free agent. He got a big bonus to sign he was practically a regular free agent. Youkilis is as home grown as they get. Youk is an MVP candidate and Pedroia won MVP. Masterson and Bowden have both outpitched Hughes so far and Oops I forgot Bucholz who threw A NO HITTER
First off, I did mention Joba, Cano, and Wang. Please re-read. Second the Yankees didn’t “develop” Wang they signed him as an Int free agent. He got a big bonus to sign he was practically a regular free agent. Youkilis is as home grown as they get. Youk is an MVP candidate and Pedroia won MVP. Masterson and Bowden have both outpitched Hughes so far and Oops I forgot Bucholz who threw A NO HITTER
First off, I did mention Joba, Cano, and Wang. Please re-read. Second the Yankees didn’t “develop” Wang they signed him as an Int free agent. He got a big bonus to sign he was practically a regular free agent. Youkilis is as home grown as they get. Youk is an MVP candidate and Pedroia won MVP. Masterson and Bowden have both outpitched Hughes so far and Oops I forgot Bucholz who threw A NO HITTER. I love the Yanks and hate the Sox, but anyone who disagrees that the Sox have done a way better job developing their players recently is blind. The opposite was true in the 90s when we grew Jeter Pettitte Mo and Posada. Don’t be blindly loyal. This regime deserves to be questioned.
O wait and JON LESTER….
I think you are vastly overestimating the level of finished product Wang was. He pitched in the Yankees rookie league for them back in 2002 and didn’t make his ML debut until 2005. Youkilis is a great player but he’s already 30 years old. You can’t compare him to the young Yankee prospects.
Ellsbury steals a lot of bases and makes some highlight reel plays but he’s not very good on any consistent basis. If you think he’s still going to have a starting job in a year or two if he’s still a singles hitter with a low .300′s OBP then you’re crazy. Lowry is a decent player but far from a star.
If you want to say advantage Redsox based on Lester, Pedroia, and Papelbon fine. But the advantage comes from the Redsox taking the farm system seriously for a long time and not from anything Cashman or Oppenheimer have been doing for the past few years. It takes time to build talent and Hughes, Jackson, et al. are much younger than the Redsox’s younger players. In a year or two when some of our A players start moving up, people will be talking about the Yankees farm system as being among the best in baseball.
“In terms of star power its Cano and Joba versus Papelbon and Pedroia…. that’s pretty close but right now I would agree to give the edge to Boston.”
Eh.. I would say Boston has a big edge right now. Papelbon is an elite closer, whilst Joba has only shown flashes of brilliance (not saying he won’t get there though). And I’d take Pedroia over Cano all day any day.
wow this kid just had surgery for a life threating health issue & you guys have to be that shallow? He’s a bust after one season? Are you kidding me? Didn’t know people were that caring here.