ICYMI: Aaron Judge 15th Best Prospect In Florida State League

Baseball America continued their look at every league in the minor leagues and ranked the Florida State League this week. The New York Yankees had one player make the list and that was outfielder Aaron Judge who was ranked 15th. In case you were wondering the High-A Tampa Yankees play in the Florida State League. Also Luis Severino did not throw enough innings to qualify for the list or would have been a slam dunk at or near the top of the list.

Eric Jagielo, Greg Bird, and Jake Cave were notable Yankee omissions from the list. The Pirates RHP Tyler Glasnow took home the top spot honors while Phillies shortstop JP Crawford was second and the Blue Jays LHP Daniel Norris was third on the list.

Aaron Judge 15th Best Prospect In Florida State League

Baseball America continued their look at every league in the minor leagues and ranked the Florida State League this week. The New York Yankees had one player make the list and that was outfielder Aaron Judge who was ranked 15th. In case you were wondering the High-A Tampa Yankees play in the Florida State League. Also Luis Severino did not throw enough innings to qualify for the list or would have been a slam dunk at or near the top of the list.

Eric Jagielo, Greg Bird, and Jake Cave were notable Yankee omissions from the list. The Pirates RHP Tyler Glasnow took home the top spot honors while Phillies shortstop JP Crawford was second and the Blue Jays LHP Daniel Norris was third on the list.

Brendan Ryan To Start Minor League Assignment Sunday

INF Brendan ryan is going on a rehab assignment with tampa yanks starting sunday, girardi says he wants Ryan to get 50 at bats before return
— Daniel Barbarisi (@DanBarbarisi) April 25, 2014

Brendan Ryan started the 2014 season on the disabled list but is working his way back from a pinched nerve in his back and an oblique injury and will start a minor league rehab assignment on Sunday with the High A Tampa Yankees. Ryan missed basically all of spring training and the Yankees want him to get at least 50 at bats before coming back to the big league so this could be a week to two weeks assignment by the looks of it.

Manny Banuelos Sent Down To The Minors

According to Wally Matthews of ESPN.com the New York Yankees have sent Manny Banuelos to the minor leagues, removing him from big league camp. Banuelos has struggled and has a 63.00 ERA while trying to return from Tommy John surgery and had an outside shot at making the team out of camp if he impressed, but he didn't so is headed down.

There is some speculation that Banuelos may go all the way down to Tampa in High A ball to take advantage of the warmer weather for longer and to build innings and confidence. Banuelos will be back by midseason, I have no doubt in my mind, i just hope that Yankees fans don't turn their backs on Banuelos after two appearances and one inning this spring.

Yankees Moving High A Yankees From Tampa To Ocala

The New York Yankees have struck a deal that will move their High A Tampa Yankees affiliate from the Tampa St. Pete area to Ocala, Florida. The move will be around 100 miles and the new stadium in Ocala is supposed to cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $45,000,000 which is pretty steep for an A Ball affiliate in the minor leagues. Ocala, unlike Tampa, is in a richy rich part of Florida flush with rich horse owners, like the Steinbrenner family, and should create tons of revenue for the Yankees.

There will be a half of a cent tax hike over the next ten years to pay for the new baseball facility which will also be used for other things around the community. This is being presented at the Ocala City Council meeting tomorrow as it hopefully gets one step closer to becoming official. If everything goes as planned this move could happen as soon as Opening Day in 2016.

The Yankees will still hold Spring Training at George Steinbrenner Field, at least for the next 12 seasons anyway, and will still have their minor league complex down in Tampa. This is simply a move to increase revenue for the High A affiliate and if this deal goes through it surely will.