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Since the institution of Major League Baseball's Rule 4 Draft, the Yankees have selected 46 players in the first round. Officially known as the "First-Year Player Draft", [1] the Rule 4 Draft is Major League Baseball's primary mechanism for assigning amateur baseball players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur baseball clubs to its ...
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]
Montero was honored on the International League's Postseason All-Star team, [28] and was chosen as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Player of the Year. [29] Baseball America rated Montero as the third-best prospect in baseball before the 2011 season. [17] Montero contended for a spot on the Yankees' 25-man roster in spring training in 2011. [30]
The 2011 Major League Baseball draft was held from June 6 through June 8, 2011, from Studio 42 of the MLB Network in Secaucus, New Jersey. [1] The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Gerrit Cole out of the University of California, Los Angeles , with the first overall pick.
Before the 2010 season, he was rated as the Yankees sixth best prospect according to Baseball America, and in 2011 he was rated as the fourth best. [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.
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]
He was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 16th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft. [1] He made his professional debut for the Staten Island Yankees that season. In 31 innings over 24 games, he was 2–2 with a 1.16 earned run average (ERA), 14 saves and 38 strikeouts . [ 2 ]
Betances and fellow prospect Andrew Brackman made their MLB debuts on September 22, 2011. [19] Betances made only two appearances for the Yankees. [20] Betances spent the 2012 season with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. On May 10, 2013, amid continued struggles with command, the Yankees announced that they would shift Betances to the bullpen. [21]