Yankees re-sign some minor league depth
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Feb 13, 2010 
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Via Baseball America’s latest minor league transactions, the Yankees have re-signed RHP Paul Bush, 3B Marcos Vechionacci and OF Edwar Gonzalez to minor league deals. It does not seem any of the three will be brought to big league camp.
Vechionacci is the biggest name of the bunch and was once among the most highly regarded prospects in the Yankees system. His career, though, has been undone by injuries and a general lack of performance. Still just 23, Vechionacci is a good defensive third baseman, but he hit just .212 in Double-A Trenton last year (with career highs of 10 home runs and 113 strikeouts). He’s probably no more than upper-level minor league depth at this point. My guess is he’ll return to Trenton to play off the bench, but that’s just a guess. He could get regular time at third base if the Yankees decide to move Brandon Laird permanently to first.
Bush, 30, was plucked out of independent ball last season when Scranton/Wilkes-Barre’s pitching staff was thin, but Bush wound up pitching pretty well in Triple-A and Double-A and gives the Yankees some flexibility as a reliever or spot starter.
Gonzalez, 27, seemed to have a breakout year in 2008 when hit .295 with 14 home runs after an early season call-up to Double-A. Sent back to Trenton last year, though, Gonzalez hit just .232 with four home runs. He had some nagging injuries that might have played a part in those numbers. Regardless, he’ll probably go back to Trenton where the outfield crop is thin.
Other familiar names among the latest minor league deals:
1B Josh Phelps and OF Bronson Sardinha have signed with the Rockies, OF Jason Lane has signed with the Marlins, INF Angel Chavez signed with the Rays and LHP Chase Wright re-signed with the Brewers (though we already knew about that one).
This sick loser Cris Collinsworth just compared Apollo Anton Ohno to Tom Brady.
What a sick sick man.
What does Ohno have in common with Brady?
Did Ohno abandon his first son?
Did Ohno benefit from illegal videotapes of other skaters?
Christ…I was hoping that a band of gypsies had kidnapped you, stuck you in a burlap sack and dropped you in Boston Harbor.
Ugh, I thought he left.
So that’s it then? The doctors, medication, shock therapy and still bleepin’ crazy?
It is not nice to wish death on someone.
No such luck.
TimSert says:
February 13th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
It is not nice to wish death on someone.
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i didn’t wish death on anyone. Just don’t care if he’s a good swimmer.
Still trying to figure out what Tom Brady has to do with this.
Thanks for the position analysis and the minor league signing content. Greatly appreciated and makes being a fan mroe interesting. As for the signings I do recall when Vecci was a top prospect. Lots of infield competition at Trenton – will be interesting to see how he fits in.
LOL that is funny!
Vechionacci’s offense just never developed, zero power and his defense has never been that good. After 6 years, you’d hope for improvement. It just hasn’t happened. The only thing he has going for him is that he’s still only 23.
Good question. I am still trying to figure out why Brady was mentioned in comparison to Apollo Ohno as well.
I don’t know if this Montero article was posted in any other thread, but here you go.
http://www.nydailynews.com/spo....._star.html
Well Chris was trying to say that both are “rock stars” outside of their sport but can tune it out and thrive under pressure.
Is it a fair comparison? Who knows.
Is it valid? Somewhat I guess.
Should you care? Not really.
I’m still trying to figure out what Tom Brady’s son has to do with all of this.
Right now, Montero only concerns me as far as wanting him to continue developing all parts of the game. he’s not in my team picture until late in the season. I’m more concerned with how well Gardner learns his bunting skills and learns to read pitcher movements. He’s stealing strictly on speed right now. If he can get bunt hits in 40% of the games that he plays in, he’ll improve his steals and runs scored. An extra 49 hits would be about 30-35 steals and close to 20-25 more runs.
The forgotten victim.
Crawdaddy,
Thanks for that. Top to bottom, great article.
This kid sounds like the total package. Kudos to him for working so hard. I hope he makes it as a catcher, I can’t stand it when people make such predictions without even giving the guy a chance.
Quickest way to the majors is pitching & catching. But learning another IF position can only help him in the long run.
I know (hope) you’re kidding, Nick. I don’t think CR9 or anyone needs to worry about Tom & Bridget’s child. Why doesn’t CR9 obsess about Matt Leinart’s kid? Or any of the other hundreds of children that don’t live with their sports star dads?
An extra 49 hits would be about
****Extra 40 hits****
CR9 is only concerned about the conspiracies that involve the indiscretions of Bostonites and how hard the media hides it for them..
Uh oh.
Someone is taking on one of m’s kids. Now you’ll see nesting!
lol, pat.
The kids. It’s all about the kids.
At least we know that Tom’s kid won’t grow up in the basement. Who knows? He could grow up and be drafted by, gasp, a NY team!
Because Matt Leinart doesn’t play for a Boston team, I guess. I don’t think CR9 really cares about the baby Brady (or does he have his mom’s name?), just about insulting Papa.
If you go back to CR9′s first post, his ‘point’ — as such — is pretty clear, as is the greater point: this guy is nutso.
Because Tom Brady was the one mentioned. And Tom Brady is the “gold standard” of athlete/human beings.
I can concern myself with whatever I choose to concern myself with.
When Matt Leinart is the gold standard of human beings/athletes, then I’ll take issue with the undeserved praise and comparisons.
Kurt Warner is a guy who deserves to praised for ethics and athleticism, not Tom Brady.
Oh, well.
I have the time, but not the energy to debate this right now.
We’ll pick this up the next time you bring up Tom Brady’s season-ending injury.
Have a good night.
Late night LoHud has soured beyond belief…..Maybe a few West Coast games will be the cure
Jeter > Brady
That is all.
Good morning everyone. Hope you all enjoy this most special of days, yes, it is my older dog’s 15th birthday
Happy Valentines Day
(and no fighting over sabermetics)
Strangely, I’ve never seen CR9 say a bad word about one Johnny Damon, who, upon signing his first big contract, ditched his first wife and kids for the plastic bimbo he’s married to now.
Still not a fan of the new posting system so I will just continue to enjoy not doing it!
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone. Be good to those you love. Make the world a better place today by showing kindness to all in your path. That kind of stuff has a ripple effect…
I still believe in Marcos Vechionachi. I can’t forget what he did at spring training during the first WBC. And he is only 23. Think about Francisco Cervelli and what he did in the majors once he had the chance.
Just sayin’
Trish:
The difference is that Frankie Cervelli capitalized on the opportunities he got. Marcos Vechionachi hasn’t pushed himself up the ladder in the organization maybe with the thought that Alex would always be in the way.
Frankie now knows that the backup job to Jorge is his to lose and he gained confidence from last year.
Vech was only a big prospect because he had high walk totals in the GCL when walks were the buzz. Since then we’ve figured out that players who walk in the low minors with no other hitting ability stagnate as pitchers with better control challenge them.
Well said, trisha, and Happy Valentine’s Day to you, too.
Sign DePaula once he clears, fingers crossed for healthy year for Chris Garcia, ST just around the corner
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Garcia’s health has been the baseball equivalent to the Boy Who Cried Wolf, but if he can actually regain his health, we’re talking about someone who doesn’t need developmental time as much as building arm strength and stamina. If he can achieve that, he’s knocking on the major league door in a hurry.
It’s understandable that people don’t have much curiosity about him because of his downright byzantine injury history.
But I find it interesting that people automatically say we have no front-end arms in the system close to the majors, without even offering a qualifier on this studly kid. Beg to differ.
Has Humberto Sanchez signed with another organization yet or might we bring him back?
Humberto is still with us.
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