NY minor league prospect news (2016 edition)

Wingack

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Jim Callis just ended his chat on Twitter about the Yankees system. LOTS of thoughts there and I can't put them all here. But this one gives him a good indication on how he feels about the system:


He also really seems to like Fowler, thinks he is the team's future CF. Says Rutherford, Judge and Frazier will have to fight for the corners. Good problem to have.
 

jon abbey

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Very in-depth writeup of NY's top 33 prospects plus a whole bunch of others on Fangraphs:

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/top-33-prospects-new-york-yankees/

"New York appears to be in possession of a player-development machine that has conjured several interesting pitching prospects seemingly out of thin air. Adams, Green, Herrera, and Montgomery were all fringe prospects at best before the Yankees got a hold of them. Now they’re all suddenly potential major-league contributors. There’s so much viable big-league velocity in this system that they lost three arms in December’s Rule 5 draft because there wasn’t enough room for all of them on the 40-man."
 

Murderer's Crow

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That is an incredibly detailed writeup of the top 33.

My favorite quote "Because of the superhuman circumference of his biceps and his generally muscular physique, Frazier is most often body-comped to Popeye the Sailor Man"
 

jon abbey

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Kaprielian is making his spring debut tomorrow, sadly not televised. Today's game is against PHI and Buchholz again, 6:30 first pitch.