Top Baseball Prospects for 2012 and 2013
Now updated for 2012-2013’s Top Prospects
Scouting Book’s Top Prospects list is a Combined List, a calculated summary of the overall valuations of the entire prospect universe.
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Our Top Yankees Prospects for 2012 and 2013
Current Overall SB ranking shown in grid below.
With a nickname that sounds like something out of a Radical Feminist Manifesto, Manny Banuelos is a young and tiny lefthander signed out of Mexico who’s already being heralded as a shining success story for the Yankees… Won’t see him in 2013
Sometimes it seems that the Yankee farm is all about catchers. Gary Sanchez is a very young but promising backstop from Austin, Texas who’s not as far along as Montero or Romine, but has a tantalizing upside that should… Still in A Ball.
Even with the departure of Sweet Jesus Montero, there is promise: Mason Williams remains in the Yankee stable, providing the sweet scent of offense-to-come. Mason, the son of former NFL receiver Derwin and the proud… Still in single A.
With a WHIP under 1.00 throughout 2010 and a scary-good strikeout rate, Betances has been one of the many weapons being sharpened in Hell’s Kitchen, and just in time, too: the Yankee’s mighty pitching has grown a lot… Forget him. He was demoted to double A, because his mechanics are so poor. The Yankee coaches, brainiacs, etc..,, could not fix him. He simply cannot get the ball over the plate.
While it was not surprise to see him blow away lesser Rookie leaguers, Austin also looked pretty darn good at low-A Staten Island last year, dinging out a solid 323/.402 /.542 line and swiping seven bases in seven…
A big, strong Sooner with a solid fastball in the low to mid-90’s, Yankee prospect Ty Hensley won’t blow many away with his heat, but that’s all right: it’s really there to set up his plus curve anyway, a devastating…
An Iron Mike style strike throwing machine from Venezuela, righthander Jose Campos looked awfully polished in his first taste of US ball last year, using his 95-98mph fastball with pinpoint control on the way to a 2.32…
Has it been that long already? Son of the Blake Street Basher himself, Dante Jr. is a pretty disciplined power hitter for such a young player, and seems capable of playing a more than reasonable third base in the bargain….
With a name that’ll be a headline-writer’s dream someday, May Day baby Ravel Santana is a righthanded outfielder from San Pedro de Macoris, where he was presumably ridiculed by packs of roving shortstops on his way to…
A real innings-eater with solid if unsexy stuff, Yankee righthander Adam Warren would probably already have gotten his shot on a number of lesser ballclubs. In fact, there were weeks last year when the injury-riddled…
The younger brother of infielder Andrew, Austin Romine was a two way player in the Buster Posey fashion, acting as his high school closer as well as everyday catcher. As you might expect, he has one of the best cannons…
A powerful pitcher in the Yankees minor league system with a compact, explosive delivery, righthander David Phelps is a hard-working prospect who could climb all the way to the majors this season.
Phelps doesn’t…
Yankee prospect Cito Culver is a toolsy infield prospect who many expected to fall deeper in teh draft than he did. As it is, the Yanks seem content to see him shaping up as a Howie Kendrick-style infielder: high average,…
A mature prospect who’ll be 27 (or so) later this year, Cuban Yadil Mujica is a contact hitter with plus speed, good range and a plus arm from shortstop. In his last year in Cuba, he hit .358/.432/.440, an average good…
A combination catcher/third base prospect in the Yankees system, JR Murphy earned a promotion to high-A ball last season after living up to his offensive buzz and slashing .297/.343/.457 in the Sally League. He has no…
A righthanded relief specialist hiding in the Pirates’ system, Venezuelan Diego Moreno is a hot-stuff pitcher who is only held back by recurring command problems. He struck out 45 in 45 innings last season (and walked 18)…
A third-round pick by the Rockies in 2011, catcher Peter O’Brien elected to pass and was re-drafted by the Yankees a round higher in 2012. That choice gained him a substantially better bonus, but also cost him a year of…
A textbook example of a signing for pure athleticism, Yankee ‘shortstop’ prospect Austin Aune was a football star in high school. A potential five-tool talent, he’s probably destined for centerfield thanks to his plus…
A powerful lefthanded outfielder, Yankee prospect Slade Heathcott has looked like a future offensive monster for some time now, though his development has been slowed a great deal by shoulder injuries that have required…
Exicardo Cayones is a young outfielder from the Pittsburgh Pirates system, acquired by the Yankees via the dump of AJ Burnett in 2012’s preseason. A smallish player out of Venezuela, he was highly regarded enough to… EDB
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