The early season has its usual collection of madness games, including Penn outclassing Villanova, Bryant knocking off Florida Atlantic, UC Irvine defeating USC, and Greensboro taking care of business against Arkansas in this past week alone. Do these games mean anything? In the long run, not really – though it continues to prove that parity
College Basketball Top 25: 11/12/2023
The 2022-2023 college basketball season ended with one of the craziest tournaments in history. For the first time ever, a 15-seed and a 16-seed both won in the first round (15th-seeded Princeton won a second-round game as well) while a #9 seed (Florida Atlantic) made a run to the Final Four, where they were eliminated […]
Yankees MILB: 2023 Pitching Review
A look at the Yankees’ pitching prospects in 2023, starting with the All-Star team. The starters: RHP Drew Thorpe, Hudson Valley/Somerset (14-2, 2.52 ERA (3.05 FIP); 139.1 IP, 34% K, 7.1% BB, 49.2% GB; Age: 23; Rule 5 Eligible: 2025) In a surprising twist, Thorpe makes my list of top five pitchers in the organization. […]
Yankees MILB: The Offensive All-Stars
A look at the top positional players in the Yankees’ organization this season. Overall, it was a good season for positional players. The FCL Yankees averaged 6.67 runs per game, second in the league to the Tigers. The average age of the Tigers position players was a full year older than that of the Yankees. […]
Yankees MILB 9/24: Clayton Beeter Tosses 5 Scoreless Innings
News: This is the last full report for 2023. I don’t typically type up reports during the off-season leagues. Those leagues are important, but the most intriguing part about them is who the Yankees send there. I will probably type up some sort of recap soon enough. Anyway, thanks for reading these reports this season. […]
Yankees MILB 9/23: Will Warren Finishes Strong
News: The end is near. Scranton (72-75; 38-35 in the second half) (Defeated Syracuse, 6-4) RF Franchy Cordero: 3-for-5, 2B (14), 2 RBI, 2 RS C Carlos Narvaez: 2-for-4, 2B (13), HR (10), 3 RBI, 2 RS, HBP The Yankees have a lot of catching on the 40-man roster as is, so it is hard to […]
Yankees MILB 9/22: Edgar Barclay Ks 8
News: The Yankees have promoted RHP Yoendrys Gomez from Somerset to the big league roster. He is the first player to ever be promoted directly from Somerset to the big leagues. Keep in mind that Somerset didn’t become an MLB affiliate until 2021. Gomez, who has been on the 40-man roster since 2020, has dealt with injuries […]
Yankees MILB 9/21: Richard Fitts Finishes Season with a Strong Effort
News: Nothing. Scranton (71-74; 37-34 in the second half) (Lost to Syracuse, 5-4) 2B Wilmer Difo: 1-for-4, RS, BB, 2 K, SB (23) 3B Ben Cowles: 1-for-5, 4 K Cowles’ Triple-A debut. C Carlos Narvaez: 0-for-2, 3 BB 1B Andres Chaparro: 1-for-5, RBI, RS, 3 K Chaparro now has 87 RBI. It is the most RBI in […]
Yankees MILB 9/20: Drew Thorpe Wins Player of the Year
News: C Rodolfo Duran was placed on the 7-day injured list today. Meanwhile, the Railriders added a couple of bodies, bringing up OF Kyle Battle and IF Ben Cowles from Hudson Valley. The Renegades’ season ended last night. The 23-year-old Cowles hit .254/.356/.393 (109 wRC+) in 444 plate appearances in High-A.He was 23-for-27 in the stolen ba
Yankees MILB 9/19: Trey Sweeney Doubles, Homers
News: I have nothing interesting to report. Scranton (71-72; 37-32 in the second half) (Defeated Syracuse, 10-5, thanks to a 7-run 9th inning) 1B Carlos Narvaez: 2-for-5, 2B (12), RBI, BB, 2 K RF Franchy Cordero: 2-for-5, RBI, RS, BB, K 2B Jamie Westbrook: 2-for-5, RBI, RS, CI, K 3B Andres Chaparro: 3-for-6, 2 2B […]