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My Take: Yankees Acquire Ryan Weathers

The specifics (MLB Pipeline rankings in parentheses) The Yankees acquire LHP Ryan Weathers from the Marlins for OF Dillon Lewis (16), OF Brendan Jones (15), UTIL Juan Matheus (Unranked), and UTIL Dylan Jasso (23) From the Yankees’ perspective: They’ve explored acquiring a starting pitcher, with Freddy Peralta, MacKenzie Gore, and Edward Cabrera (who has since been traded) among the […]

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Yankees MILB 9/6: Cade Smith Pitches a Gem

Notes: Trade analysis links: Jose Caballero/Camilo Doval (link) David Bednar/Jake Bird (link) Ryan McMahon (link) Amed Rosario (link) Austin Slater (link) My thoughts on Core Jackson. Nothing. Injury Log Scranton (80-53; 42-19 in second half)  Their game against Worcester was postponed. They will try to play a pair tomorrow. Syracuse won and is 3.5 games behind. Lehigh Valley, Toledo, and […]

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Yankees MILB 9/4: George Lombard Jr. Homers

Notes: Trade analysis links: Jose Caballero/Camilo Doval (link) David Bednar/Jake Bird (link) Ryan McMahon (link) Amed Rosario (link) Austin Slater (link) My thoughts on Core Jackson. Nothing to report. Injury Log Scranton (80-52; 42-18 in second half) (Defeated Worcester, 6-2) Syracuse’s game against Buffalo was postponed (they will try to play two tomorrow), so Scranton increases its lead to 4.5 […]

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Yankees MILB 8/31: Cade Smith: 5 Shutout Innings

Notes: Trade analysis links: Jose Caballero/Camilo Doval (link) David Bednar/Jake Bird (link) Ryan McMahon (link) Amed Rosario (link) Austin Slater (link) My thoughts on Core Jackson. No other news to report. Injury Log Scranton (77-52; 39-18 in second half) (Lost to Syracuse, 3-0. That’s back-to-back shutout losses. Yesterday, they faced a good prospect (Brandon Sproat). Today, Syracuse used a “bullpen […]

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Yankees MILB 8/15: Kaeden Kent Goes Yard

Notes: Trade analysis links: Jose Caballero/Camilo Doval (link) David Bednar/Jake Bird (link) Ryan McMahon (link) Amed Rosario (link) Austin Slater (link) Alexander Vargas, one of the most expensive international players in the system, has been released. The shortstop, who signed for $2.5 million in 2018, struggled to find a groove. In his debut 2019 campaign, he hit a decent .233/.313/.373 […]

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Yankees MILB 8/10: Spencer Jones Hits #30

Notes: Trade analysis links: Jose Caballero/Camilo Doval (link) David Bednar/Jake Bird (link) Ryan McMahon (link) Amed Rosario (link) Austin Slater (link) My concern about J.C. Escarra being pulled last night? I should have been more concerned about Amed Rosario not being in the lineup against a left-handed pitcher yesterday. It’s too bad that the Yankees finally cared about adding some bench pieces to […]

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Yankees MILB 8/5: Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz Dominates

Notes: Trade analysis links: Jose Caballero/Camilo Doval (link) David Bednar/Jake Bird (link) Ryan McMahon (link) Amed Rosario (link) Austin Slater (link) The Yankees promoted 2024 first-round pick Ben Hess to Somerset. The 22-year-old pitched to a 3.51 ERA and 94/33 K/BB over 66.2 innings for Hudson Valley. The Renegades have three active starters (Kyle Carr, Andrew Landry, and Cade Smith) on their roster. They […]

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Yankees MILB 8/3: Dillon Lewis Hits a Slam

Notes: Trade analysis links: Jose Caballero/Camilo Doval (link) David Bednar/Jake Bird (link) Ryan McMahon (link) Amed Rosario (link) Austin Slater (link) For the second time over the past week, the Yankees lost a depth infielder. This time, it was 2021 fan favorite Andrew Velazquez who was cut. He was a mainstay in the Railriders’ lineup this season, hitting .244/.315/.342 with four home […]

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Yankees MILB 8/2: Engelth Urena Homers

Notes: Trade analysis links: Jose Caballero/Camilo Doval (link)) David Bednar/Jake Bird (link) Ryan McMahon (link) Amed Rosario (link) Austin Slater (link) Injury Log Scranton (62-41; 24-7 in second half) (Lost to Nashville, 7-5) 2B Jorbit Vivas: 0-for-4, BB CF Spencer Jones: 0-for-2, SF, RBI, 2 SB (10), CS (1), 2 BB, K Jones accomplishes his first career 20/20 season (29 HR, 20 […]

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Yankees MILB 7/20: Spencer Jones Has Gone Bananas

Notes: According to the Baseball America signing tracker, 8th-round pick Mac Heuer has signed his name on the dotted line.  The Yankees have signed all of their picks from the first ten rounds. The 21-year-old right-handed pitcher made 14 starts for Texas Tech in 2025, going 2-4 with a 6.28 ERA in 53 innings with a […]

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