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Notes from winter ball: Bird on a roll in Arizona
Earlier this week, Jim Callis wrote quite a bit about the Yankees currently playing in the Arizona Fall League. He understandably focused on breakout right field prospect Aaron Judge, noting that Judge...
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Winter ball notes: Flores earning more playing time
Ramon Flores continues to get more winter ball at-bats than ever before, and he’s making the most of them. Moved regularly into the No. 2 spot in the order, Flores has 13 hits in his past five games...
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With Young, and without a trade, Yankees outfield is set
The Yankees first significant signing came this weekend when they agreed to a new one-year deal with Chris Young, bringing some right-handed balance to the outfield and some power/speed potential to...
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Winter ball notes: Pirela and Flores stay hot in Venezuela
The Arizona Fall League has ended, so our weekly winter ball updates are going to be a little more limited at this point. The Yankees really don’t have a ton of high-profile guys playing this offseason...
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Winter ball notes: Adonis Garcia getting hot, Esmil Rogers getting started
I had this post planned before the Yankees got busy making moves. If you’re interested in things not involving the loss of Martin Prado and the addition of a young starter, here are a few updates from...
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Yankees have outfield depth (but not necessarily outfield trade bait)
With Slade Heathcott re-signed to a minor league deal, the Yankees now have a ton of outfield depth, but still not the kind of depth that necessitates a trade or a particularly difficult decision....
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Winter notes: Flores becomes a standout in Venezuela
Winter leagues are into the postseason at this point, which means we have complete regular season numbers from Venezuela, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. The results are pretty solid for most of...
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Winter league notes: X-rays negative after Pirela HBP in right hand
Winter leagues playoffs are wrapping up, and the Yankees might have dodged a bullet down in the Venezuelan postseason. Utility man Jose Pirela was finishing off a terrific winter when he was hit by a...
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Winter ball notes: Recapping the Yankees offseason standouts
Kind of a pointless exercise — you could probably say that about 80 percent of offseason stories and blog posts — but it occurred to me last week that you could put together a pretty decent...
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Ten notable names left off the Yankees’ non-roster invitation list
Now that the non-roster invitations have been announced, it’s hard to be too surprised by the omission of low-level prospects like Jorge Mateo, Luis Torrens or Ian Clarkin. They’re simply not far...
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