Sunday, September 6, 2015

Weekly Check In: The Pulaski Yankees


The Pulaski Yankees is the newest minor league affiliate for the New York Yankees and had an amazing inaugural season down on the farm. The Pulaski Yankees finished the season with a 45-23 and finished an impressive eight games in front of Princeton (Tampa Bay Rays rookie affiliate) in the Appalachian League. Pulaski is now in the playoffs facing off with that same Princeton team and are being led by a very impressive list of prospects including our friends Kendall Coleman and Gosuke Katoh. I absolutely could not decide on just one of these young men to check in on today so I decided that since it's my blog so I'll check in on them both.


Katoh is 20 years old and was drafted in the second round of the 2013 MLB First Year Players Draft. Katoh spent the 2013 season inside the Yankees Gulf Coast League and absolutely killed the ball before taking a little step back in 2014 with the Charleston Riverdogs. Katoh was technically demoted to Pulaski but it may have been the best thing that ever happened to him. Katoh has exploded once again and has put himself right back on the Yankees prospects map. The batting average is low but the home run, RBI and defensive stats are great and that's what is most important at this point in his career.

YearTmGPARH2BHRRBISBBBSOBAOBPSLGOPS
20152 Teams984033878116311767111.239.367.334.701
2015Pulaski592543158952294961.287.426.416.842
2015Charleston3914972021981850.161.264.202.466


Coleman is a great guy, can I start the post about him by saying that? He's been gracious to us ever since Day One with the club and has always shown us the utmost respect and friendship and for that I thank him personally. Kendall was drafted in the 11th round of the 2013 MLB First Year Players Draft and spent each of the last two seasons in the Gulf Coast League with the Yankees. 2015 marked the first full season for Kendall and he has responded well showing a great batter's eye, on-base percentage and has shown double, triples and home run power. Coleman is as exciting of a prospect as any on Pulaski and we are extremely proud of him for everything he's done in his career.


Year Tm G PA R H 2B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
2015 Pulaski 58 235 36 48 2 5 24 2 29 62 .236 .336 .389 .725

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