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Originally Posted by YankeePride
For those Baseball Prospectus guys, can you direct me to the link that apparently mentions the Yankees as now having the best core of pitching prospects in baseball?
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Kevin Goldstein said it before the season started:
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Rank Team Hitting (Rank) Pitching (Rank) Comment
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Yankees Top 10 Prospects 45 (18th) 74 (1st) Philip Hughes leads off the best collection of mound talent in the game. Unfortunately, Jose Tabata is left alone to carry the weight offensively, as the hitting talent is thin.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/ar...articleid=5870
Of course, this was before Sanchez and Cox were lost for the year, and Hughes was promoted/injured. And, Kevin Whalen hasn't exactly been dominant.
So, in the minors, there is Joba Chamberlain and Ian Kennedy, with Delin Bettences coming up. Joba may be a top 5-10 SP prospect at the end of the year, and looks great so long as his arm stays attached and he weighs under 300 lbs. Meanwhile, Kennedy is eating up competition that is not up to his level. He thows high 80s/90 with just OK movement.