2007 Yankees Off-Season Thread (The Destruction)

[Basedow]

<strong>Kevin</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>BoondockSaint</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Bulldogcakes</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>BoondockSaint</strong> wrote:<br /><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2729329">Yanks re-sign Jeff Nelson.</a> And then retired immediately. He wanted to retire as a Yank. <br /><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Oh. Right. I forgot to mention that part.</p><p>How awful must Seattle feel. Its his home town team, he played with them just about as long as the Yankees yet he choses the Yankees..... The rings i guess??</p> <span class="post_edited">This message was edited by Kevin on 1-17-07 @ 12:25 AM</span><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I think he wanted to retrie with the team for whom he fough a boston police officer/security guard with Pigly looking Karim Garcia. Talk about loyal.&nbsp;</p>

[Don Stugots]

i like him even more now.&nbsp; Nice work Mr. Nelson.

[HBox]

<p><a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/01/17/prospects.hm/index.html" target="_blank">Sports Illustrated's Top 75 prospects.</a></p><p>Yanks had Phillip Hughes at 4, Jose Tabata at 23, Humberto Sanchez at 52 and Tyler Clippard as an honorable mention.</p><p>Interesting note is that Sanchez is probably a reliever going forward.</p>

[Kevin]

<strong>HBox</strong> wrote:<br /><p><a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/01/17/prospects.hm/index.html" target="_blank">Sports Illustrated's Top 75 prospects.</a></p><p><font color="Navy"><font size="2">Yanks had Phillip Hughes at 4, Jose Tabata at 23, Humberto Sanchez at 52 and Tyler Clippard as an honorable mention.</font></font></p><p><font color="Navy"><font size="2">Interesting note is that Sanchez is probably a reliever going forward.</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;You sure you have the right link?? There is only a few prospects there.</p>

[HBox]

<strong>Kevin</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>HBox</strong> wrote:<br /><p><a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/01/17/prospects.hm/index.html" target="_blank">Sports Illustrated's Top 75 prospects.</a></p><p><font color="Navy"><font size="2">Yanks had Phillip Hughes at 4, Jose Tabata at 23, Humberto Sanchez at 52 and Tyler Clippard as an honorable mention.</font></font></p><p><font color="Navy"><font size="2">Interesting note is that Sanchez is probably a reliever going forward.</font></font></p><p> You sure you have the right link?? There is only a few prospects there.</p><p>There's a box on the right side of the article. All the rankings are split up into multiple articles.</p>

[Kevin]

<strong>HBox</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Kevin</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>HBox</strong> wrote:<br /><p><a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/01/17/prospects.hm/index.html" target="_blank">Sports Illustrated's Top 75 prospects.</a></p><p><font color="Navy"><font size="2">Yanks had Phillip Hughes at 4, Jose Tabata at 23, Humberto Sanchez at 52 and Tyler Clippard as an honorable mention.</font></font></p><p><font color="Navy"><font size="2">Interesting note is that Sanchez is probably a reliever going forward.</font></font></p><p> You sure you have the right link?? There is only a few prospects there.</p><p><font color="Navy"><font size="2">There's a box on the right side of the article. All the rankings are split up into multiple articles.</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;Yea i saw that seconds after i posted that......</p>

[A.J.]

<strong>HBox</strong> wrote:<br /><font color="#000080"><font size="2">&nbsp;Tyler Clippard as an honorable mention.</font></font><font color="#000080"><font size="2"> </font></font><p>I'd like to trademark &quot;Tyler 'The Yankee' Clippard&quot;.</p>

[crb1]

<strong>HBox</strong> wrote:<br /><p><a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/01/17/prospects.hm/index.html" target="_blank">Sports Illustrated's Top 75 prospects.</a></p><font color="#000080"><font size="2">Yanks had Phillip Hughes at 4, Jose Tabata at 23, Humberto Sanchez at 52 and Tyler Clippard as an honorable mention.</font></font><font color="#000080"><font size="2"> <p>Interesting note is that Sanchez is probably a reliever going forward.</p></font></font><p>I hadn't heard much about Tabata until about a year ago, but he seems to have gotten a lot of positive reviews.&nbsp;In his last chat, Keith Law said he was one of the top 10 position player&nbsp;prospects in baseball.&nbsp;It sounds like he's a couple years away though.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by crb1 on 1-24-07 @ 8:24 AM</span>

[Crippler]

He's definitely a few years away.&nbsp; He's only 17 or 18 and really hasn't grown into his body yet...he's about 5'11&quot; and only 160.&nbsp; If he fills out at all, he should be one hell of a hitter, he already hits for average, and with a little pop he'll be in the Bronx soon enough.

[Kevin]

<h1><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/hotstove06/columns/story?columnist=law_keith&amp;id=2742549">Yankees' farm system packed with punch</a></h1><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Yanks also added two more tough signs in Mark Melancon and sashimi-raw flamethrower Dellin Betances. It's a significant improvement for such a short period of time, and it's very bad news for the other four teams in the AL East.</p>

[TheGameHHH]

anybody else excited for opening day? im ready to get this season on, im feeling good about the future

[Don Stugots]

same here, i cant wait for opening day this year.ÿÿ

[johnniewalker]

<strong>crb1</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>HBox</strong> wrote:<br /><p><a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/01/17/prospects.hm/index.html" target="_blank">Sports Illustrated's Top 75 prospects.</a></p><font color="#000080"><font size="2">Yanks had Phillip Hughes at 4, Jose Tabata at 23, Humberto Sanchez at 52 and Tyler Clippard as an honorable mention.</font></font><font color="#000080"><font size="2"> <p>Interesting note is that Sanchez is probably a reliever going forward.</p></font></font><p>I hadn't heard much about Tabata until about a year ago, but he seems to have gotten a lot of positive reviews. In his last chat, Keith Law said he was one of the top 10 position player prospects in baseball. It sounds like he's a couple years away though.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <span class="post_edited">This message was edited by crb1 on 1-24-07 @ 8:24 AM</span><p>&nbsp;<em>.298/.377/.420, 15 SB </em>impressive for an 18 year old.&nbsp; Still really young, but sounds like he could be a great leadoff hitter. </p>

[Team_Ramrod]

<strong>Don Stugots</strong> wrote:<br />same here, i cant wait for opening day this year.&nbsp;&nbsp; <p>Me niether!!!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For the Jays!!! hehehehehehe (in the louis armstrong voice)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Forget the last part.... Did the yankees do anything with the extra salary from Johnson? I haven't watched a lick of baseball sports news.</p>

[cougarjake13]

<strong>The Midnight Ramrod</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Don Stugots</strong> wrote:<br />same here, i cant wait for opening day this year.&nbsp;&nbsp; <p>For the Jays!!! hehehehehehe (in the louis armstrong voice)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>spoon finally has a comrade !!</p>

[Bulldogcakes]

<p>Tabata is young, but many scouts already rate him as one of the best prospects in Baseball. He has plus all around skills, and unusual plate dicipline and defensive instincts for a player his age. Its like he was born to play baseball. </p><p>Still a long way to go, sometimes you hear glowing reports about a prospect, and then they go nowhere for all sorts of reasons. But kids rated this high are probably around a 75% chance of them being anywhere from good to outstanding MLB players.</p><p>Also rememeber this. Wang and Cano were NOT highly thought of as late as a year before they came up. Both were offered in the original Randy Johnson deal and the D-Backs (who have an eye for talent with one of the best farm systems in baseball) passed on both. Cano took off in winter ball, and Wang seemed to find himself at the big league level. &nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Bulldogcakes on 1-27-07 @ 10:01 AM</span>

[Dan 'Hampton]

<p>Brian</p><p>Rose.&nbsp;</p>

[Doctor Z]

<p>My thoughts on the Bernie Williams situation:</p><p><a href="http://yankeeblog.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://yankeeblog.wordpress.com/</a>&nbsp;</p>

[A.J.]

Time to use <a href="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/viewmessages.cfm/Forum/82/Topic/56361/page/OFFICIAL_New_York_Yankees_2007_Season_Thread.htm">THIS thread</a> now.