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Originally Posted by SchillingIsTheNatural
That was once the case but hasn't been since I would say...2005. The Red Sox focus heavily on scouting and drafting. While the Yankees wanted to sign Johnny Damon, the Red Sox wanted the draft pick. Since that draft the Yankees have changed focus to younger home grown players as opposed to going after the Santana's of the world. They are now playing catch up to the Red Sox who are superior in the minor leagues and young prospects at the major league level.
Members of the Yankee organization talk up Joba, Kennedy, Hughes, Cano, Cabrera as if they are the games next great players.....Robinson Cano will win a batting title? Melky Cabrera was mentioned in the same breathe with Carlos Gomez and Jacoby Ellsbury in the Santana deals? Kennedy is the next Mike Mussina? Phil Hughes is the future ace of the Yankees? Joba will be a Yankee ace once in the rotation? High hopes but it's more talk than anything. I've seen little to make me believe they will achieve the ceiling the Yankee officials have put ahead of them.
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For the sake of fairness lets say 2006. lol
And you really don't think Cano has the ability to win a batting title? What, because he's off to a slow start this season? Melky hasn't shown you that he's a good young center fielder with tons of potential? He's shown about as much, maybe more than Jacoby and Gomez have. Hits well, plays good defense (although he may zig-zag from time to time out there), has a good arm, runs well, etc. Kennedy has similar stuff as Mike Mussina and could one day be up there. If Hughes's performance this year is what you're basing that statement on, what about last year? Give him some time, he needs more than 19 Major League starts before we declare that he is a failure. I'm getting a whif of some good old-fashinoed anti-Yankee bias with this one.