The Yankees signed the Dodger’s former 2006 1st round draft pick and Don Mattingly’s son Preston Mattingly yesterday, according to Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus.
There really is no reason to ever sign Mattingly except for the fact that the Yankees are probably doing him a favor because of who his dad is. Once a 31st overall pick who played shortstop, almost six years later he is a right fielder who has never played above Single-A sporting a sad .276 OBP and .611 OPS.
Still moves like this aren’t going to have any negative effect on the Yankees and maybe they have it in their minds that he could become a coach or a scout one day. Who knows? Until then he’ll probably sit on the Tampa or Trenton bench.
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January 13, 2012
The Mariners and Yankees have pulled off a rare swap of young talent, with Jesus Montero headed to Seattle in exchange for Michael Pineda.
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January 12, 2012
via WFAN | A Mattingly will be back in uniform in the Yankees’ organization this year — Preston. The 24-year-old son of the former Yankees star and current Los Angeles Dodgers manager agreed Wednesday to a minor league contract with New York. The Yankees said he will report to minor league spring training. He hit [...]
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January 11, 2012
Reliever Scott Proctor signed with Korea's Doosan Bears, reports Dan Kurtz of MyKBO.net. The team added Dustin Nippert back in November.
Proctor, 35, pitched for the Braves and Yankees in 2011. He posted a 7.14 ERA, 6.5 K/9, 6.9 BB/9, 2.5 HR/9, and 31.6% groundball rate in 40 1/3 innings. Proctor's average fastball velocity was up to 93.8 miles per hour, but it...
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January 13, 2012
If you aren’t following any baseball people on Twitter or if you don’t regularly check MLB Trade Rumors, you should probably sit down. Jon Heyman reports that the Yankees and Mariners have agreed to a trade that will send Jesus Montero and Hector Noesi to Seattle in exchange for Michael Pineda and Jose Campos.
We watched this entire offseason as the Yankees passed...
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January 13, 2012
From Andrew Marchand:After the slumber of their quiet offseason, the Yankees are strongly considering adding payroll in a deal to bring in a starting pitcher via free agency or a trade, a baseball official with knowledge of the team’s thinking told ESPN New York.
The official said that with prices coming down as spring training approaches, the odds were “60-40” that the...
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January 13, 2012
The New York Yankees made their all winter long finally awaited move for a pitcher, agreeing to trade for right-hander Michael Pineda from the Mariners in exchange for top prospect Jesus Montero, CBSSports.com's Jon Heyman reports.
The Seattle Mariners will also get right-hander Hector Noesi, while right-hander Jose Campos goes the Bronx Bomber.
Pineda, 22, went 9-10 with a...
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January 13, 2012
Just minutes after the news broke that the Yankees traded Jesus Montero to the Mariners for Michael Pineda, we find out that they also signed Hiroki Kuroda to a one-year deal worth $10 million, according to Jack Curry and Buster Olney.
The Yankees have managed to add two pieces to their rotation tonight and have not hurt their longterm payroll goals.
They now have six pitchers...
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January 13, 2012
I'm not a fan of this trade at all. Pineda is a very nice young pitcher, but unless they were getting King Felix in return I didn't want to see Montero traded. I have a feeling this is going to be a deal the Yankees regret for a very long time.
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January 11, 2012
Yankees managing partner Hal Steinbrenner met with agent Scott Boras tonight
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