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The 2011 New York Yankees season was the 109th season for the New York Yankees franchise. The Yankees began the season at home against the Detroit Tigers on Thursday, March 31. [2] The Yankees clinched a playoff berth in the first game of a doubleheader on September 21, and clinched the American League East title in the second game. [3]
Despite this setback, the Yankees still considered him a "blue-chip prospect". [17] On February 1, 2008, Keith Law of ESPN ranked Brackman in the top 100 baseball prospects of 2008, [18] [19] and both Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus list him as in the Yankees' top ten prospects for 2009. [20]
Baseball America rated him as the Yankees' second best prospect and best power hitter after the 2008 season. [7] Montero began the 2009 season with the Tampa Yankees, the High–A Florida State League affiliate of the Yankees. On 3 June 2009, the Yankees promoted Montero to the Trenton Thunder of the Double–A Eastern League. [8]
The Yankees have made 11 selections in the supplemental round of the draft and 19 compensatory picks since the institution of the First-Year Player Draft in 1965. [3] These additional picks are provided when a team loses a particularly valuable free agent in the previous off-season, [ 2 ] [ 6 ] [V] or, more recently, if a team fails to sign a ...
MLB Pipeline currently has Domínguez as the No. 77 overall prospect in baseball and the No. 2 Yankees prospect. His minor-league stats — a .266/.372/.431 line with 36 homers and 86 steals in ...
[5] [6] He was also one of the top 50 overall prospects according to MLB.com. [7] In 2011, Bañuelos was invited to spring training with the Yankees for the first time. [8] [9] [10] Mariano Rivera said that he believed Bañuelos was the best pitching prospect he had seen. [11] He won the James P. Dawson Award, given annually to the best rookie ...
Mateo was ranked by Baseball America as the top Yankees minor league prospect ahead of Gary Sánchez and Aaron Judge prior to the 2016 campaign. [6] He also received a non-roster invitation to spring training. [7] He spent the season back with Tampa, where he was a Mid-Season All-Star [5] and was named to appear in the All-Star Futures Game. [8]
Domínguez actually did play for the Yankees earlier this season, making a one-game appearance when the team was allowed a 27th player on the roster for the Little League Classic on Aug. 18 ...