Yankees Lose Dante Bichette Jr.

Just a quick hit this morning and a little bit of a personal post. The New York Yankees drafted Dante Bichette Jr. in the supplemental round after the first round in the 2011 MLB First Year Players Draft, six years later Bichette Jr. is gone. This is personal to me because I did an interview with Bichette Jr. and I thoroughly enjoyed speaking with him throughout the years on Twitter. I wish him well and I totally understand the business side of the game but sometimes the fan side of me just gets me down, and one of those instances is today.

Bichette Jr. has signed a minor league deal with the Colorado Rockies and will look to continue his ultimate goal of reaching the Major League level like his father before him, Dante Bichette Sr.

I wish you well Dante, and I wish your brother Bo well also. I love you guys and your family, you have always been gracious and extremely approachable with us and generally just good people. Stay well and good luck going forward!

TGP Prospects Night Open Thread featuring Bo Bichette

You ever hear about a big time prospect down on the farm only to hear about his younger brother or sibling being 10 times better? This was the case when the Yankees drafted Dante Bichette Jr. in the MLB First Year Players Draft. That's not me being down on Dante either those were his words in the exclusive interview that he gave us during the 2014 Prospects Month. Dante is down right now in the Yankees system but he's far from out and still has plenty of time to come back. While we sit back and hope for Dante to return to the level that got him drafted I wanted to take the opportunity to salivate over the prospect of having his little brother as a Yankees prospect as well, Bo Bichette.