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. 

Yankees Interested in Bichette, Thames, Rowson for Hitting Coach

The New York Yankees have begun the interview process for their vacant hitting coach position and have shown some early interest in Dante Bichette, Double-A hitting coach Marcus Thames, and James Rowson. New York has already interviewed former Texas Rangers hitting coach Dave Magadan for the job and will interview current Oakland Athletics hitting coach Chili Davis in the near future.

If Dante Bichette Is Named The Yankees Hitting Coach...

If Dante Bichette is made the hitting coach for the New York Yankees let's hope his hitting tips translates as well as they did when he was a player. Bichette had a pretty nice batting line as you can see below:

Year	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	Awards
1988	21	50	46	1	12	2	0	0	8	0	7	.261	.240	.304	.544	54
1989	48	146	138	13	29	7	0	3	15	6	24	.210	.240	.326	.566	60
1990	109	371	349	40	89	15	1	15	53	16	79	.255	.292	.433	.725	103
1991	134	475	445	53	106	18	3	15	59	22	107	.238	.272	.393	.665	84
1992	112	411	387	37	111	27	2	5	41	16	74	.287	.318	.406	.724	104
1993	141	581	538	93	167	43	5	21	89	28	99	.310	.348	.526	.874	117
1994 ★	116	509	484	74	147	33	2	27	95	19	70	.304	.334	.548	.882	111	AS,MVP-14
1995 ★	139	612	579	102	197	38	2	40	128	22	96	.340	.364	.620	.984	130	AS,MVP-2,SS
1996 ★	159	694	633	114	198	39	3	31	141	45	105	.313	.359	.531	.890	112	AS,MVP-20
1997	151	602	561	81	173	31	2	26	118	30	90	.308	.343	.510	.853	103
1998 ★	161	695	662	97	219	48	2	22	122	28	76	.331	.357	.509	.866	108	AS,MVP-21
1999	151	659	593	104	177	38	2	34	133	54	84	.298	.354	.541	.895	102
2000	155	636	575	80	169	32	2	23	90	49	91	.294	.350	.477	.826	105
2000	125	514	461	67	136	27	2	16	76	41	69	.295	.353	.466	.819	103
2000	30	122	114	13	33	5	0	7	14	8	22	.289	.336	.518	.854	110
2001	107	415	391	45	112	30	1	12	49	20	76	.286	.325	.460	.786	104
14 Yrs	1704	6856	6381	934	1906	401	27	274	1141	355	1078	.299	.336	.499	.835	107
162 Game Avg.	162	652	607	89	181	38	3	26	108	34	102	.299	.336	.499	.835	107

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