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Archive for January, 2015

Breaking Down Keith Law’s 2015 Top-100 Prospect List

Posted in Baltimore Orioles, Baseball, Mets, Minors, MLB, Prospects, Red Sox, Yankees on January 30, 2015 | Leave a Comment »

Keith Law has released his annual ranking of the top-100 prospects in professional baseball, and the Yankees managed to land only two players on the list. Aaron Judge (23rd) and Greg Bird (80th) were the Baby Bombers who made the cut, giving the Yankees their fewest number of entrants in Law’s ranking since 2010. Yankees’ Historical Representation […]

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Shifting the Blame: Are Defensive Alignments the Reason for MLB’s Offensive Resignment?

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis on January 29, 2015 | Leave a Comment »

Rob Manfred’s reign as MLB commissioner began on the offensive. Or was it the defensive? That probably depends on how you feel about shifts. During an interview with ESPN, the new commissioner casually stated he would be “open to eliminating shifts” in an effort to “inject additional offense” into the game. Although a small part of […]

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Yankees Not Yet Ready to Reap a Prospect Bounty, According to Keith Law

Posted in Baseball, Mets, Minors, MLB, Prospects, Red Sox, Yankees on January 28, 2015 | 1 Comment »

ESPN prospect guru Keith Law thinks the Yankees’ farm system is “trending up”, but still not ready to be cultivated. Thanks to a strong 2013 draft and aggressive foray into the international market, Law was more optimistic about the Bronx Bombers’ stockpile of prospects, but still ranked the team’s minor league system toward the bottom third […]

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