DAVID ADAMS RUMORS & GOSSIP

TRENTON, NJ - On April 14th David Adams was placed on the disabled list for neck stiffness. What was supposed to be a minor injury kept him out for a whole month, and he wasn’t activated again until May 13th. Since then though he's been feeling good and playing well.

Not exactly breaking news as both of these things happened over the weekend, but they are important and didn’t want to miss them. The Yankees have placed their top prospect, LHP Manny Banuelos, and another strong prospect in 2B David Adams on the DL with a lat strain and a stiff neck respectively, according to George King and Josh Norris. Banuelos’ back injury is especially...

TRENTON, N.J – Back in 2010, David Adams’ career was on the fast track. Grabbed by the Yankees in the third round of the 2008 draft out of the University of Virginia, the 6-foot-1, 202-pound second baseman was turning heads. In the field, he played 39 games without an error, helping complete 24 double plays. At-bat, he hit .309 (47-for-152) and registered 32 RBIs. He was on the...

TAMPA, FL - David Adams had been struggling with his ankle injury for the better part of two seasons but now a full Spring Training into his latest comeback bid and looking great, he says he's finally getting to the point where it's no longer a big concern.

Here are some notes on a few of the Yankees minor leaguers. Rafael DePaula was working out with Charleston this week, a sign that he has passed his physical and is officially a Yankee (Norris). David Adams has been told he will start the season with Double-A Trenton, the same team he started the 2010 season with before his ankle injury (Norris). Speaking of ankle injuries, Ravel...

To run a successful minor league system you have to draft well every June and spend money wisely on the international market. But you also have to have some luck by mining other systems for undervalued talent. Below you’ll find six prospects with diminished prospect value that may be poised to finally see the light click on in 2012. All the players were, at one time, highly...

Things were going very well for David Adams in 2010. He was already in Double-A in his second full season with the organization while posting a .393 OBP and a .900 OPS when he hurt his ankle. Initially declared as a sprain, the injury derailed a possible trade for Cliff Lee and even two years later it has not completely healed. When speaking with Chad Jennings of the Journal News...

The Yankees drafted second baseman David Adams in the third round of the 2008 MLB Draft out of the University of Virginia. Having a lot of upside and virtually no weaknesses in his game, he spent the majority of his 2011 campaign rehabbing his way back from a fractured ankle injury suffered early in the 2010 season. He has little to prove at the minor league level except staying healthy.