Saturday Morning Videos

 

In honor of the Yanks Weekend Series against the Red Sox, here's a highlight video of Manny Banuelos from Spring Training against Boston.  This kid is going to be a good pitcher! Glad to see the Yankees held onto him at the trade deadline.

This second video is Dante Bichette Jr's highlight video from before he was drafted by the Yankees.  Although the music blows, the footage from the home run derby is pretty good.  This kid was hitting bombs while still in high school.  Congrats to Dante for being named Gulf Coast League's player of the month!

Congratulations To Dante Bichette Jr.

It’s always nice to see some success with a young player the Yankees have signed and this week Dante Bichette Jr. was named the Gulf Coast League’s Player of the Month.  Bichette was only recently signed by the Yankees in June when he was picked up by the Yankees as their first pick of the 2011 draft and was immediately placed in their Gulf Coast League system.

So far this season with the Gulf Coast league Bichette has played in a mere 34 games but put up some big numbers.  He is hitting .341 with a .460 on base percentage.  Bichette has been hitting for power which attributes for his .535 slugging percentage, .995 OPS and his 3 home runs.  He also leads the league with 34 RBI’s in 34 games.  His power numbers seem to overshadow another impressive statistic that his walk rate is 16%, which indicates his headiness at the plate- something that is uncharacteristic for young players.

Although it’s a small sample size, its worth noting that his splits against lefty’s are quite impressive with a .432 batting average,  .522 on base percentage and whopping 1.251 OPS. (Babe Ruth only had a 1.16 OPS!)  It’s also exciting to see that Bichette is hitting .344 with runners in scoring position.

Although the numbers reflect a great signing by the Yanks, it is only the Gulf Coast League which may not be terribly much different than high school baseball for Bichette and he could just be ahead of the curve.  Either way, hopefully he keeps up the big numbers and we may see him take over at third base one day.

Here is Dante Bichette's Highlight Video

The Newest Yankee

Here is a bit of news from the Yankees farm system.  The Yanks have just signed Miguel Andujar this past weekend.  Andujar is a 16 year old third baseman playing in the Dominican Prospect League.  The righty stands at 6’ 1” and 180 lbs.  Andujar was named the Top 3^rd baseman in the Dominican Prospect League by Baseball America, and is known for a good swing, bat speed and overall good approach.  Some scouts think his potential is to hit for average and power.  These projections will have to play themselves out as Andujar begins his career with the Yankees outside of the Dominican League.

Andujar signed for $700,000 with the Yanks which is slightly lower than the $750,000 Dante Bichette Jr received a few weeks back after being drafted by the Yankees in their first pick of the draft.  It seems like Bichette and Andujar will compete for that third baseman slot once Arod is gone.  I realize I am getting ahead of myself because they both have a long way to go before they are ready for MLB.

Here is a video of Andujar

Saturday Morning Videos

This is Part 3 of this series of New Era commercials.  Keep em coming!

Here is the highlight video for Dante Bichette Jr.  He was just picked up by the Yankees as their first pick in the 2011 draft on Tuesday.  Skip to the 3 minute mark to start watching him belt some homers.