A few minor matters
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Jun 21, 2009 
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Trenton reliever Mike Dunn has whiffed 57 in 41.1 innings while allowing 32 hits. Opponents are hitting .213 against him. If the lefty gets up to AAA sometime soon, maybe he could figure in the bullpen mix in New York.
The rap on Dunn is how he performs in tight situations. But those are impressive strikeout numbers.
Jesus Montero is at .283/.365/.304 for Trenton. He has one extra-base hit in 46 ABs. Having covered the Eastern League, it’s not unusual for big-time prospect to take time to adjust to that level.
They say Pat Venditte is not a prospect. But a 0.94 ERA over 28.2 innings and 39 strikeouts should give him a chance to prove himself someplace other than Charleston, no?
Kyle Higashioka was assigned to Staten Island. He is one of the many good catching prospects the Yankees have. It’ll be interesting to see how it all shakes out with him, Francisco Cervelli, Montero, Austin Romine, J.R. Murphy and now Gary Sanchez,
if your a catcher in the yanks system and you want to be a starter in a majors…you got a lot of competition!
I’d have to say the Yanks have it all over the Sox as far as future catching prospects.. DiceK and his 50 million to the DL.
The Yankees certainty seem to be cornering the market on the next generation of catchers, let’s hope this isn’t some elaborate con Eddie Murphy and Dan Akroyd are putting on us.
That’s a hardcore catching group.
It wasn’t too long ago that the Yankees didn’t have any good catching prospects at least that was what the baseball media stated.
I want to see Pat Venditte in AA atleast, kids needs a shot.
from the blog:
Kyle Higashioka was assigned to Staten Island. He is one of the many good catching prospects the Yankees have. It’ll be interesting to see how it all shakes out with him, Francisco Cervelli, Montero, Austin Romine, J.R. Murphy and now Gary Sanchez
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Have the Yankees signed J. R. Murphy yet?
I don’t think Robertson was considered much of a prospect for a long while. Yeah Venditte should definitely get a shot at High A.
I’d think Montero’s future is at either first or DH. That being said, the Yanks still have a lot of good prospects at catcher which is certainly a good thing.
I read that Montero doesn’t want to play 1st or DH, he wants to catch. That being said, there is going to be some good competition. Thats a lot of catchers. I’m sure there will be a trade. Mauer is also another big catcher. So if he could do it, then I don’t see why Montero can’t. & Cervelli has been nothing short of outstanding.
I’d love to see Pat Venditte inherit Mo’s throne. He’s one of my favourite minor leaguers (Colin Curtis is another).
I thought it was a mistake to draft a catche rin the second round with the organizational depth. Adding Sanchez on top of that seems goofy to me. The internaitonal money would be better spent on OF, SS or LHP prospects.
I don’t think Vanditte has the velocity for the upper levels, but it really serves no purpose to keep him in a situation that’s so non-competitive for him.
Venditte is a great pitcher, switch pitcher, he could dominate in Tampa.
I think it’s fantastic for the Yankees that they have a lot of good catching prospects given the very high rate of catchers that wind up not being able to cut it behind the plate and the fact that you never know what you have for ANY prospect.
Then again, maybe somebody should tell the Yankees that the catcher doesn’t affect their pitchers’ ERAs. If that’s true, they don’t have to worry about their prospects’ skills behind the plate. In fact, they can just put their best hitting prospects there shortly before they’re ready to hit major league pitching.
I would never have guessed as much. Here I was thinking that catcher was a key defensive position and that catching skills were a very important determinant of whether a catching prospect could make it to the majors….
(I’m VERY much looking forward to seeing what Venditte can do at higher levels, too — although I’m not necessarily for rushing him at the expense of his development. Venditte himself even pointed out in a recent article that because he’s always in very high pressure situations as a closer that it’s hard to experiment with new pitches.)
And I gather that the value of a good catching prospect in a trade is as great or greater than a prospect at any other position — player or pitcher. So there’s nothing wrong with having some extra, very valuable trading chips.