06/18: Thanks for having me and Lets Go Yankees
Posted by: Steve
I’d like to thank Patrick and all the other guys for allowing me to share my thoughts on the site. I love the idea of a community of Yankee fans exchanging ideas and opinions.
I wanted to start off with something that’s been irking me the last six months. It follows with the recent additions the Yankees have made to the major league roster. What I mean is the contributions of Chien-Ming Wang, Robinson Cano, and Melky Cabrera. I follow as much as I can about the Yankee farm system and how people evaluate it. In recent years, especially when the trade deadline approaches, the so called experts (from ESPN, to Baseball America, etc..) have ridiculed the Yankee farm system and declared that it is void of impact players. Now I used the three players listed above, especially the first two, to point out that these so called experts should be held accountable for the mistakes they have made, and maybe the current harsh criticism of Yankee prospects isn’t that fair.
For three years I have heard about how the Angels and others have the greatest farm systems in the world. I haven’t seen many young players demonstrate the abilities of a Robinson Cano or a Chien-Ming Wang. And now with Melky, the Yankees seem to have found a legitimate twenty one year old corner outfielder.
That leads to my second point which is directed to the outcry for the Yankees to build from within. I think most anybody would agree with that, but with everything moderation is the key. Even in the late 1990’s the team has been built with a balance of youth and veterans. The team is now poised to have the same sort of renaissance and yet none of the so called experts seem to want to believe it or acknowledge that its happening.
I wanted to start off with something that’s been irking me the last six months. It follows with the recent additions the Yankees have made to the major league roster. What I mean is the contributions of Chien-Ming Wang, Robinson Cano, and Melky Cabrera. I follow as much as I can about the Yankee farm system and how people evaluate it. In recent years, especially when the trade deadline approaches, the so called experts (from ESPN, to Baseball America, etc..) have ridiculed the Yankee farm system and declared that it is void of impact players. Now I used the three players listed above, especially the first two, to point out that these so called experts should be held accountable for the mistakes they have made, and maybe the current harsh criticism of Yankee prospects isn’t that fair.
For three years I have heard about how the Angels and others have the greatest farm systems in the world. I haven’t seen many young players demonstrate the abilities of a Robinson Cano or a Chien-Ming Wang. And now with Melky, the Yankees seem to have found a legitimate twenty one year old corner outfielder.
That leads to my second point which is directed to the outcry for the Yankees to build from within. I think most anybody would agree with that, but with everything moderation is the key. Even in the late 1990’s the team has been built with a balance of youth and veterans. The team is now poised to have the same sort of renaissance and yet none of the so called experts seem to want to believe it or acknowledge that its happening.
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