The Yankees considered themselves fortunate when they drafted the 6’10″ right handed pitcher Andrew Brackman in the 1st round of the 2007 draft. He was expected to go much higher, but injury concerns caused him to call to the Yankees 30th overall.
He immediately had elbow surgery and didn’t pitch until 2009 in Low-A. That season he went 2-12 with an unimpressive 5.91 ERA. That showing caused many to lose interest in Brackman as a prospect, but even further away from Tommy John surgery he jumped back on people’s radar with a strong showing in High-A Tampa this season.
It was there that he took some velocity off his fastball and managed to keep his strikeout ratio the same while dropping his walks total significantly. Since then the Yankees promoted him to Double-A Trenton where he has been slightly more wild, but it’s likely he is still catching up to his quick progression. He has gone through quite a lot of change since the surgery.
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