Quick Hit: Yankees 2017 Draft Update

Round	Player	School			Status
1 (16)	Clarke Schmidt	South Carolina			Signed
2 (54)	Matt Sauer	Righetti HS			Signed
3 (87)	Trevor Stephan	Arkansas			Signed
4 (122)	Canaan Smith	Rockwall-Heath HS			Signed
5 (152)	Glenn Otto	Rice			Signed
6 (182)	Dalton Lehnen	Augustana College			Signed
7 (212)	Dalton Higgins	Dallas Baptist			Signed
8 (242)	Kyle Zurak	Radford U			Signed
9 (272)	Austin Gardner	U Texas Arlington			Signed
10 (302)	Chad Whitmer	Southern Illinois U Carbondale			Signed
11 (332)	Shawn Semple	University of New Orleans			Signed
12 (362)	Steven Sensley	University of Louisiana - Lafayette			Signed
13 (392)	Eric Wagaman	Orange Coast College			Signed
14 (422)	Harold Cortijo	Riverdale Baptist School			Signed
15 (452)	Aaron McGarity	Virginia Tech			Signed
16 (482)	Ricky Surum	U Mt Olive			Signed
17 (512)	Chris Hess	U Rhode Island			Signed
18 (542)	Garrett Whitlock	Alabama - Birmingham			Signed
19 (572)	Ron Marinaccio	U Delaware			Signed
20 (602)	Ryan Lidge	Notre Dame			Signed
21 (632)	Bryan Blanton	Catawba College			Signed
22 (662)	Janson Junk	Seattle University			Signed
23 (692)	Colby Davis	Chaparral HS			Won't sign
24 (722)	Pat DeMarco	Winder Barrow HS			Won't sign
25 (752)	Riley Thompson	Louisville
26 (782)	Austin Crowson	Lane CC
27 (812)	Alex Mauricio	Norfolk State University			Signed
28 (842)	Shane Roberts	William T. Dwyer HS			Won't sign
29 (872)	Tristan Beck	Stanford			Won't sign
30 (902)	Jake Magnum	Mississippi State			Won't sign
31 (932)	Jimmy Herron	Duke U
32 (962)	Alika Williams	Rancho Bernardo HS
33 (992)	Jacob Stevens	Boston College
34 (1022)	Jordan Butler	Alonso HS			Won't sign
35 (1052)	Steven Williams	Deerfield-Windsor School			Won't sign
36 (1082)	Andrew Abbott	Halifax County Sr HS			Won't sign
37 (1112)	Tanner Burns	Decatur HS			Won't sign
38 (1142)	Brent Burgess	Spartanburg Methodist College			Won't sign
39 (1172)	Andrew Nardi	Ventura College
40 (1202)	Hayden Cantrelle	Teurlings Catholic HS

Yankees Statistical Leaders Through the First Half

The first half is officially in the books and baseball returns today for the second half push. With the Home Run Derby and All-Star Game behind us the fans and the teams have the July 31^st trade deadline, the August 31^st trade deadline, the playoff pushes and the actual postseason itself to look forward to but not before we reflect on the first half one last time. Here are the Yankees statistical leaders through the first half in 2017, here’s to hoping that many of these players can keep up their production in the second half as well. All stats courtesy of Baseball Reference.

The Yankees Offense

At Bats: 

Brett Gardner - 313

Games:

Aaron Judge - 84

Hits:

Aaron Judge - 99

Doubles:

Chase Headley - 18

Home Runs:

Aaron Judge - 30

RBI:

Aaron Judge - 66

Batting Average:

Aaron Judge - .329

The Yankees Pitching

Wins:

Michael Pineda - 8

Losses:

Masahiro Tanaka - 8

ERA:

Starters: Luis Severino - 3.54

Bullpen: Chad Green - 1.91

Strikeouts:

Starters: Luis Severino - 124

Bullpen: Dellin Betances - 53

Saves:

Aroldis Chapman - 8

Shutouts:

Masahiro Tanaka - 1