On every weeknight throughout the year, one of the TYA writers will post a trivia question as the nightly open thread. The blog administrators will keep track of the winners, and the commenter with the most correct answers will win a prize that has yet to be decided upon. The answers will be posted in the following evening’s open thread.
Yesterday’s Question: Jesus Montero has been in the news lately as the Yankees top prospect. Name the last 10 top Yankee prospects ranked by Baseball America. Bonus points if you can name the #2 prospect for each of those 10 years.
Answer:
2011: Jesus Montero/Manuel Banuelos
2010: Jesus Montero/Austin Romine
2009: Austin Jackson/Jesus Montero
2008: Joba Chamberlain/Austin Jackson
2007:Phil Hughes/Jose Tabata
2006: Phil Hughes/Eric Duncan
2005: Eric Duncan/Robinson Cano
2004: Dioner Navarro/Eric Duncan
2003: Jose Contreras/Hideki Matsui
2002: Drew Henson/Nick Johnson
2001: Nick Johnson/Drew Henson
Today’s Question: As the season rapidly approaches, many of us find ourselves very optimistic about the Yankees prospects. Name the last five Yankees to earn the Rookie of the Year award. Bonus point if you can recall the year and the player’s respective position.
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3 Responses to TYA Trivia Open Thread For 3-25-11
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That is so easy I don’t even have to look up anything
Derek Jeter SS 1996
Dave Righetti P 1981
Thurman Munson C 1970
Bahnsen P 1968
Tresh SS 1962
I’m not sure you are right in your answer for the previous quiz. Here is the BA 2011 prospect list listing Sanchez second.
http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/organization-top-10-prospects/2011/2610907.html
Correct, Brad. That’s pretty impressive that you didn’t even need to look up the dates. Bravo!
As for the answers to the prior question, we’ll definitely verify. If it turns out to be incorrect, there I’d probably a bonus point heading your way.