Yankees bring back Reegie Corona
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Jan 18, 2013 
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According to Baseball America’s latest minor league transactions – and confirmed by a team source — the Yankees have re-signed infielder Reegie Corona.
A speedy player capable of handling second or short, Corona came up through the Yankees system and was actually taken by the Mariners in the Rule 5 draft all the way back in 2008. He didn’t stick, and the Yankees wound up adding him to their own 40-man roster the following offseason. Corona was on the 40-man in 2010 when a Triple-A collision left him with a serious shoulder injury, which cost him the rest of that year, all of 2011 and — eventually — his roster spot.
I can’t find any evidence of Corona playing anywhere last year, but he did play eight games in Venezuela this winter. All of his time in the field came at second base, and he only got 18 at-bats, but that’s a pretty good indication that he’s at least healthy enough to play again.
Probably not the kind of move worth restructuring the big league depth chart, but Corona might provide some minor league depth. The Double-A infield looks fairly thin this year, so Corona might be able to help out there and show whether he can still play.
The other names listed for the Yankees in this week’s minor league transactions are names we already knew about: Bobby Wilson, Matt Diaz, Jim Miller (outright after clearing waivers) and Jayson Nix (also after clearing waivers).
As for other familiar names: The Marlins have signed catcher Craig Tatum, infielder Nick Green and outfielder Austin Kearns; and the Orioles have re-signed catcher Chase Weems and corner utility man Steve Pearce.
It bothers me a lot that his name is Reegie and not Reggie.
Reggie Corona would be such a cool name.
I think Coronas ( multiple ) will probably be a good choice for watching this offense
See, they can bring back former players. Keep hope alive.
The Yankees really need a shortstop in the system. I wonder if they are considering the Cuban guy. Try Gumbs there.
Hal only buys Cuban cigars
Rich,
I assume you’re thinking of Javy.
Couldn’t we have gotten Christian Garcia back instead?
austimac
Yeah, Javy, that’s the ticket.
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yankeefeminista January 18th, 2013 at 5:25 pm
Rich, 30+ ass pats for those 30+ runs our dynamic duo saved. Unfortunately, Big John didn’t make Mike Fast’s pitch framing cut off, so Cash just wasn’t interested. But he said we have placeholders until the big boys arrive.
Randy, I don’t disagree. I like catcher D, and D generally and am happy to have a duo like we have had in the past with a Posada/Molina, etc. But the new all D and no O catcher, I am not a fan of. Especially when I don’t really value the metrics, and prefer a more circular lineup. How are the framing proponents measuring runs saved without considering the offensive side of the catcher’s game (runs created)? And Jorge’s arm was pretty damn good once for those who were paying attention. I used to read Lohud long before I joined, and I recall people wanting the future HOF’er to sit and be replaced by Cervelli. LOL.
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And I would prefer not to see Reegie in AA? No offense to the kid, but give us a real ‘spect. Thanks!
Amac, Gumbs did have a stint at SS, though it was after Staten Island.
He and Cito certainly were a slick DP unit when I saw them. He looked very toolsy, but a little thick to play SS. That’s not on a very long look at him, mind you. I wouldn’t know if he has that kind of range.
Reegie = organizational filler.
If Diaz is big league ready like they say then the yanks really should look at him
The all defense catcher concept is stressed since they can’t hit. I don’t think the Yankees want to market the can’t do anything guys. Stewie had eight passed balls. Are you kidding me with the great defense? What would he have as a regular?
@JonHeymanCBS: chas headley files at $10.3M, #padres at $7.075M
You’re scaring me, yf!!!
Yanks bring back Reegie Corona … thank God … more than makes up for not getting Morse.
Off season shopping list is now complete … bring on ST … LOL
Rich, is it me or Cash who is scaring you?
I used to read Lohud long before I joined, and I recall people wanting the future HOF’er to sit and be replaced by Cervelli. LOL.
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There were such people. Here. Yikes.
“@JonHeymanCBS: chas headley files at $10.3M, #padres at $7.075M”
We’ll take him off their hands for a one year deal at 13mill?
Pruf, I don’t think Gumbs has playing SS in his cards. I still like watching Cito play D. I’d love for his O to progress. And those LA kids sound like they have multiple gifts. Too bad they are still teenagers…
yf
I have Cashman on “ignore.”
Have to say though, I am pumped to see this farm one year hence. I repeat: Do no harm, Cash.
Fire Cashman.
Fire Girardi.
Fire yourself, Hal.
Save Sanchez!
yankeefeminista says:
January 18, 2013 at 5:46 pm
Have to say though, I am pumped to see this farm one year hence. I repeat: Do no harm, Cash.
I am excited about the minor league season for sure….big year for the Yanks system
yf
I have Cashman on “ignore.”
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Rich, I don’t. I have to keep an eye on him.
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Dominican Lefty Jacob Constante Impresses At IPL All-Star Game
Posted Jan. 18, 2013 6:02 pm by Ben Badler
GUERRA, Dominican Republic—
“Jacob Constante … the 18-year-old Dominican lefty has established himself as one of the top prospects on the market eligible to sign right now. Constante was one of the starting pitchers at today’s International Prospect League all-star game at the Rays academy. He worked efficiently through the first inning and, despite having a few guys square him up well in his second inning, he made a strong impression with close to 100 scouts—including several international directors and a handful of scouting directors—in attendance.
Constante, who is from Santo Domingo and is training with former Rays Latin American director Rudy Santin, has a big, durable body at 6-foot-3, 215 pounds and solid mechanics for his age. He worked at 92-94 mph today and plus life, to the point where the catcher had difficulty receiving the ball cleanly. While that may have been because he was pitching to a Venezuelan catcher who had never caught him before, some who have seen Constante say other catchers have trouble handling his fastball as well. His velocity has increased over the last several months, as he was more in the 90-91 mph range and touching 92 last summer.
Constante also mixed in an 80-83 mph slider that scouts have said could be an above-average pitch. The pitch was inconsistent, spinning with short action at times, but when it was at its best it had sharp break and got swings and misses from both lefties and righties. Constante also flashed an 83-84 mph changeup, but it’s a pitch he’s going to need to develop and he had trouble throwing it for strikes and not bouncing it in the dirt.
Unlike Martinez, DePaula and Paniagua, Constante has never been suspended by Major League Baseball over any age or identity discrepancies. Constante, who turns 19 on March 22, is also fluent in both English and Spanish. The word at the field today was that Constante is expected to sign by Monday.”
I hope we are in on Constante.
“And Jorge’s arm was pretty damn good once for those who were paying attention. I used to read Lohud long before I joined, and I recall people wanting the future HOF’er to sit and be replaced by Cervelli. LOL.”
yankeefeminista-
it was a free for all as it got near the playoffs. with molina too.
i was looking back to the yankee tandem that was as bad as stewart and cervelli potentially will be for 2013. i had to go back to bon geren as the starter in 1991.
one guy who really surprised me was mike stanley in 94-95. he threw out 30 % of runners and had about a .900 ops. i remember i was ticked off when girardi replaced him, but in retrospect, it didn’t hurt.
however, i may be evolving my position. if the yankees never added girardi, he wouldn’t be screwing up the catcher position now !!!
” My friends in New York say hello, my friends in L.A., they don’t know.” ‘Cept Morrison
– found this great University station sans commercials playing new music. Our youth are making fantastique music, sensitive and worth listening to. Sorry mon amis, I can’t help u with your backstop problem; I’m worried enough Arencibia can’t hold on 
I will reserve excitement on the miL season until I know guys like Heathcott and Flores are actually going to remain Yankee property long enough for me to see them in Thunder blue.
“Unlike Martinez, DePaula and Paniagua, Constante has never been suspended by Major League Baseball over any age or identity discrepancies. Constante, who turns 19 on March 22, is also fluent in both English and Spanish. The word at the field today was that Constante is expected to sign by Monday.”
I hope we are in on Constante.”
Lol yea right …he probably costs money and he’s under 25
Nah I’m sure the yanks will be in on Constante because he’d be under the new intl restrictions right? So he couldn’t cost past a certain amount. It would all depend on how much of their intl budget a team wanted to allot for Constante.
Alfred, you’re going to be excited no matter what!
I wish I could say Jorge was a future HOfer but when Bernie doesn’t even get 5% I dunno….I think he should be but many of the voters are morons
Diaz doesn’t fall under the new rules right?
Jon Heyman@JonHeymanCBS
david robertson files at $3.55M, #yankees at $2.85M
blake, Diaz = no IFA cap hit.
Whatever happened to Paniagua?
About a week ago, I ran into a guy in the cafe at Whole Earth down here who remarked on my 2009 WS Yankee cap.
I told him I like to wear it especially in Princeton, because there’s such a split down here between Yankees-Phillies fans, and I get such mournful looks from the latter when they see the cap.
He then began to talk wistfully of the Core Four winning one last time together, and we got onto the whole Montero business and Cashman.
He told me he liked Girardi up until he denied Jorge from catching Mo’s historic save… he thought that was just morally wrong and also unnecessary.
He said he didn’t go much to Trenton games any more because his teenage daughters would gripe that the games took too long and always wanted to leave early. I told him to take a look this season, because we have Heathcott Trenton-bound, and hopefully, Sanchez late season, even though he’s likely Montero’s successor as trade bait.
I told him my wife and I like to sit in Section 11 and come by to say hello, if he makes it out to the park. He said it might be hard to find me but I said, I’ll be the guy heckling Brian Cashman.
Blake ya im pretty sure I read that Diaz doesn’t fall under the new rules. Maybe because of age or something? Idk
Blake, let’s make our own Hall, and due to my travel limitations, I’m sorry to relay, it has to be in the Hammer, Hamilton On..
blake -
think if bernie would have started juicing around 2002 and piled up five more years of power stats.
bernie is hurt by playing clean in the peak of the steroid era.
Yes, Diaz turned 23 on Jan. 8th.
Alfred, as a Leafs fan, you inherently understand how I hate Philadelphia. I hope they maintain a nice bed with Bobboy Clark and his sissy bullies.
jmills January 18th, 2013 at 6:00 pm
Alfred, you’re going to be excited no matter what!
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Mr. Mills, I will be excited when I learn that Cashman/Girardi have been fired. I’ve vowed to throw a block party, all the way down Nassau Street. It will no doubt be a pyrrhic victory, though, because I fear they’re both going to be allowed to hang around long enough to see Sanchez leave the organization.
jmills, what is the university radio station. Can I get it online?
pruf, speaking of Princeton, prb is a great university radio station.
yankeefeminista January 18th, 2013 at 6:03 pm
Jon Heyman@JonHeymanCBS
david robertson files at $3.55M, #yankees at $2.85M
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MLBTR projection was 2.7, so they’re already over that.
Yea but Jorge played during the same time and Brnie didn’t even get enough t stay on the ballot …..
blake January 18th, 2013 at 6:01 pm
I wish I could say Jorge was a future HOfer but when Bernie doesn’t even get 5% I dunno….I think he should be but many of the voters are morons.
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QFT.
jmills, everyone who isn’t from Philly hates Bobby Clarke.
Randy, I’ll take Stanley as our catcher right now. He’d still be able to outhit Stewie.
pruf, speaking of Princeton, prb is a great university radio station.
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Yes it is. I’m more of a WWFM man these days, however. But PRB has achieved cult status in these parts, and for good reason.
Alfred, the Bloc Part are a great English band ( my daughter showed me the way )
YF, I think it is 89.5 CIUT ( U. Of Toronto ) – I’m not fully sure of this as there never seems to be an announcer.
YF, everybody should come over here and we can burn his hockey cards.
“You forgot Bret the Hitman’s obsessive antipathy for Montero”
Not so, Sir.
Ah, the great Posada Truther War of 2009. I remember it well. I like to think while the forces of right lost the battle, our position was vindicated and the Yankees won the war, despite Manager Girardi’s reckless abandon.
Also, if DRob ends up signing for less than Boone Logan… I might defect to Team Angry.
jmills January 18th, 2013 at 6:08 pm
Alfred, as a Leafs fan, you inherently understand how I hate Philadelphia. I hope they maintain a nice bed with Bobboy Clark and his sissy bullies.
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Clarke is probably the athlete I hate the most, possibly ever. He nearly ended several careers. He and Behn Wilson should have had their arms cut off, for the way they used to carve up people’s faces with their sticks. Schultz’s book is still a classic read.
YF, it could also be McMaster U radio here in Hamilton.
Bernie should have played a few more years. Even if it wasn’t for the Yankees. But the votes he got were too low.
Paniagua was in the Cubs system, last I recall.
@MjordanW9: Really?! RT @UberFacts: 50% of the world’s population is younger than 50-years-old.
What percent of the Yankee roster is?
BTW, a great indie band from the NY/NJ area, Yo La Tengo, is live on the radio here:
http://kexp.org/
I haven’t read Schultz’s thesis. ‘Guess I’m not too erudite eh?
“He’d still be able to outhit Stewie”
yf-
stanley had a .900 OPS two out of his four yankee years.
the guy could hit.
the yankees would look very different if they simply had a good hitting catcher.
jmills, thanks. I found it: http://www.ciut.fm/listen-now/ But sounds more jazz-oriented right now. Prb is really good, but also plays a range depending on dj, time of the day.
Igotid – thanks for the Pearl Jam!
Nick, I’ll look up your link, you’ve got Janis and all down there.
I was just looking back at Stanley’s career, he was a really good hitter. Although, based upon his games played, it appears he was hurt quite often. I was too young to be following the Yankees on a daily basis, was this his main problem? I do remember getting his baseball card though
YF, I think I led you wrong, must be some local thing out of Hamilton – check McMaster U radio ( these people never identify themselves )
Jmills,
Clarke hid behind Schultz for years. At least guys like Messier, who was known to bury the butt-end of his stick in opponents’ ribs – and, famously, in Alexander Kovin’s face – would drop the gloves.
I remember once, Ulf Nilsson got ahold of Clarke at center ice and knocked the bejeesuz out of him. No one figured Nilsson for a fighter, and he wasn’t, but guys with really quick wrists like Nilsson had could get their jabs in and pummel you if they wanted to: he also had great balance, which helped, even though he was a smallish, pure finesse player.
Steve Vickers had great hands and beat up Shultz, who woke up sleepy-eyed Stevie V one night and regretted it.
” I like to think while the forces of right lost the battle, our position was vindicated and the Yankees won the war, despite Manager Girardi’s reckless abandon.”
They scored 915 runs in 2009. It’s pretty hard to mess that up. Offense may hold the keys to the kingdom after all.
I don’t remember you being on Team AJ/Molina in 2009, Rich.
Nick, I have never consciously listened to them, but often saw their name listed on the billboard at Maxwell’s in Hoboken going back many years, and had thought I might go see them at some point. I’d listen to your radio station now, but for some reason it won’t play on my macbook.
jmills, this one? http://cfmu.msumcmaster.ca/
I have Steve Vickers cards! Great to hear Ulf kicked scumbag Clarke in
jmills, I take it your Gretzky rookie card is an O-Pee-Chee? I have a Topps, but it is in near-mint condition.
“I don’t remember you being on Team AJ/Molina in 2009, Rich.”
I couldn’t resist an opportunity to emphasize the importance of offense. Sorry, it wasn’t directed at you.
As I said earlier, I never thought that I would miss Molina, but as things have transpired since he left, I do now.
Among my treasured live YLY memories are the first four consecutive nights of Hanukkah at Maxwells in 2001. Wish I could have stayed for all eight.
Here are two of their new songs on Late Night earlier this week:
http://pitchfork.com/news/4917.....on-fallon/
Sorry, YF, still not it, if I wasn’t such a Mickey Klutz, …would have it by now – will let u kno music lover when I have it.
Nick, heard your site , I like ambient horrizontal trance dance stuff – thanks. ( Maybe Rush will do something comparable ? )
YF, 2 rookie O-Pee Chees.
“the yankees would look very different if they simply had a good hitting catcher.”
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QFT, Randy. Romine can likely be above average with the bat (though still think he needs some AAA bat time) and I think JR will be a very good hitter for average, but not sure he’ll develop much pop. Otherwise, we will have to pin our hopes on Sanchez, who will be worth waiting for, but I just wish he were closer, meanwhile we’ll think about the “what could have beens…”
jmills, this McMaster station is pretty good though. Thanks, Nick. I will check them out.
Blue October – ” into the ocean, end it all. ” – my kid showed me this song.
Nick, I’m having a hard time looking up your contributions on this blackberry, sorry.
That’s one of the reasons I left the Blackberry family.
yf
Does Murphy have a chance to be a ML catcher, in general, and the Yankees, in particular?
Nick, I have a premium laptop, but I like wondering around whilst I converse avec you people.
Rich, I wish I had a clear answer regarding, Romero; I don’t.
Rich, I think so. JR may not get the ink, but he’s a good defensive catcher who can hit, in spite of the AA numbers. Also his away numbers were solid. Park factor at Trenton hurt him. In my estimate, he is a better pure hitter than Romine. I also think Yanks are very pleased with JR’s progress behind the plate.
Thanks, yf.
No problem, jmills.
btw, I do know what avec means, although at this point in life, I wish I had taken Spanish instead of French. No offense.