- The Yankees faced the 1-5 Braves today and now made them 1-6, with a 3-0 victory. Freddy Garcia had a solid three innings to start the game, but I thought the star of the show was Manny Banuelos. His stuff was electric today and was consistently hitting the mid 90′s. There were a few instances you could see him overthrowing, but his curveball command seemed to be spot on today. He finished two innings with two hits and three strikeouts. The bats woke up a bit today, with Nick Swisher, Russell Martin, Eric Chaves, and Doug Bernier all doubling. (Box Score)
- Chad Jennings did some excellent work collecting quotes from the players, and analyzes Banuelos’ outing this afternoon.
- Good news on David Robertson, his injury is only a bone bruise and he’ll be losing the cast on Monday. It appears he’ll be ready for opening day.
- Matthew Leach has a piece on Mark Teixeira‘s approach at the plate, and concludes that a few simple changes could have him hitting to opposite field. I agree with Leach that hitting the ball the other way would give Tex his biggest success, but its easier said than done.
- FanGraphs ranked the top 30 Minor League systems today, and the Yankees landed at #10. They listed their strengths as balanced depth among hitters and their weakness as high-ceiling pitchers. This seems absolutely backwards to me, FanGraphs themselves rated the top three prospects Banuelos, Campos, and Betances who are fairly high-ceiling pitchers.
- And today’s workouts!
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7 Responses to Nightly Links: Banuelos, Robertson, Teixeira
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I enjoy your nightly link posts.
Thanks Sherri.
Marc Hulett really seems to like the Yankee system. When he cites high-end pitching depth as a weakness, I think he refers to the lack of elite prospects beyond Man-Ban, Dellin and Campos.
He contrasts this with the great depth in position prospects emerging from the GCL and NY Penn leagues. He also refers to the high number of “sleeper” prospects Yanks have — and how these might push system ranking up in future. All in all, a very encouraging report from Marc. Yanks, as we all know, will need every prospect they can claim, as Selig’s new CBA rules choke off NYY access to young talent.
Manny Banuelos’ command seemed to greatly improve when pitching from the stretch. A small confirmation that he needs to simplify his windup, particularly the start, when he turns his left foot and hip.
Outstanding curve and a fine fastball! Good he’s working on the changeup, too.
I liked the curve a lot, looks like a great weapon against lefties. The change is typically his best secondary offering, but I didn’t see Manny go to it that much yesterday. He had good velocity yesterday though, consistently sitting around 93 and hitting 95.
I didn’t watch this outing for Banuelos but in the games I’ve watched him pitch in I’ve liked the curve overall. The problem with it is that at times it starts to get a little loopy, it then becomes much more hittable and it’s less of a strikeout pitch. Which may be a reason behind throwing the curve more this spring, since he knows he needs that pitch to be more consistent. He certainly has the stuff to be a good starter, if he improves the curve consistency and his fastball command he has a good chance of realizing his potential in the rotation.
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