Lane Meyer of Nomaas’s draft blog has some tasty tidbits this morning, with some interesting predictions of players who might fall in the first round.  In addition to the players I mentioned on my board, it sounds like Jacob Turner, perhaps the top prep righty, could also fall for requesting a Porcello bonus, and [...]

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The Yankee Universe was lucky enough to bring Eric Schultz aboard a few weeks ago, as he is of the foremost draft experts among Yankees bloggers and has been covering the draft in depth for two years now. Tune in tomorrow evening during the draft for a liveblog from Eric, as well as in [...]

The Heroes of Telemark film

In my last post, I discussed 4 high-rated talents, Matt Purke, Donovan Tate, Jacob Turner, and Luke Bailey, that could fall to #29 due to signability or health issues.  While Bailey (#96 on the BA board) has not been rated as highly on draft boards [...]

The Brave Engineer film

In my last post, I looked back at some of the significant players taken in recent Yankee drafts.  I am going to look at some potential first-rounders here, but first let’s see some recent first-round picks, and how they fared.

2004:  Phil Hughes (#23).  A polished high school [...]

For someone who keeps track of the minors as much as I do, the draft represents one of the most interesting events to watch.  It is probably the most important way for major league teams to restock their farm systems.  For those who don’t think the draft is important to a big-market team like the [...]