Meet a Prospect: Caleb Cotham

Caleb Cotham has been called up to the Major Leagues after the New York Yankees designated Chris Capuano for assignment, finally. Cotham was spending his time in Triple-A with the Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders when he got the call and will presumably make his next appearance in a Yankees uniform inside the great state of Texas. Let's take a second to mee the man who replaced Little CC, Mr. Caleb Cotham.

Caleb Kent Cotham was born on November 6, 1987 in Mount Juliet, Tennessee before taking his baseball talents to Vanderbilt University to play College Baseball. Cotham was drafted by the Yankees in the fifth round of the 2009 MLB First Year Players Draft and has seemingly worked his way through New York's farm system with relative ease.

Here are Cotham's stats in his minor league career:

Year	Tm	W	L	ERA	G	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
2009	2 Teams	0	1	3.38	3	8.0	7	3	3	1	3	13	1.250	7.9	1.1	3.4	14.6
2009	Yankees	0	0	0.00	1	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	5	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	22.5
2009	Staten Island	0	1	4.50	2	6.0	5	3	3	1	3	8	1.333	7.5	1.5	4.5	12.0
2011	2 Teams	0	1	1.96	13	23.0	23	9	5	1	10	32	1.435	9.0	0.4	3.9	12.5
2011	Yankees	0	0	4.50	1	2.0	2	2	1	0	1	3	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	13.5
2011	Staten Island	0	1	1.71	12	21.0	21	7	4	1	9	29	1.429	9.0	0.4	3.9	12.4
2012	2 Teams	5	7	3.64	23	101.1	103	44	41	5	29	76	1.303	9.1	0.4	2.6	6.8
2012	Charleston	3	1	2.31	8	39.0	32	11	10	1	7	32	1.000	7.4	0.2	1.6	7.4
2012	Tampa	2	6	4.48	15	62.1	71	33	31	4	22	44	1.492	10.3	0.6	3.2	6.4
2013	2 Teams	8	7	5.07	28	124.1	142	77	70	12	47	86	1.520	10.3	0.9	3.4	6.2
2013	Trenton	2	1	3.72	7	29.0	27	13	12	1	13	26	1.379	8.4	0.3	4.0	8.1
2013	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	6	6	5.48	21	95.1	115	64	58	11	34	60	1.563	10.9	1.0	3.2	5.7
2014	5 Teams	0	4	4.70	18	53.2	57	31	28	4	20	44	1.435	9.6	0.7	3.4	7.4
2014	Tampa	0	0	0.00	4	4.0	3	0	0	0	0	5	0.750	6.8	0.0	0.0	11.2
2014	Trenton	0	2	6.04	5	25.1	25	17	17	3	13	16	1.500	8.9	1.1	4.6	5.7
2014	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	0	2	5.40	5	18.1	25	14	11	1	7	17	1.745	12.3	0.5	3.4	8.3
2014	Yankees 1, Yankees 2	0	0	0.00	4	6.0	4	0	0	0	0	6	0.667	6.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2014	Yankees 2	0	0	0.00	2	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0.429	3.9	0.0	0.0	15.4
2014	Yankees 1	0	0	0.00	2	3.2	3	0	0	0	0	2	0.818	7.4	0.0	0.0	4.9
2014	Scottsdale	0	0	6.08	10	13.1	18	9	9	2	2	14	1.500	12.2	1.4	1.4	9.4
2015	2 Teams	5	2	2.17	27	45.2	35	12	11	1	10	53	0.985	6.9	0.2	2.0	10.4
2015	Trenton	4	2	2.77	15	26.0	20	8	8	1	8	31	1.077	6.9	0.3	2.8	10.7
2015	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	1	0	1.37	12	19.2	15	4	3	0	2	22	0.864	6.9	0.0	0.9	10.1

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Meet a Prospect: Chris Martin

In an effort to continue stockpiling every single bullpen arm in Major League Baseball, especially those tall enough to be centers in the NBA, Brian Cashman and the New York Yankees acquired Chris Martin from the Colorado Rockies for cash considerations yesterday after Martin was designated for assignment by his former team. Martin will need a 40 man roster spot and does have minor league options remaining so expect him to be in the thick of things this spring training. Let’s meet the man and see exactly what he brings to the table.

Chris was born on June 2, 1986 and attended Arlington High School in Arlington, Texas. During his baseball career in Arlington he did enough to be drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 18^th round of the 2004 MLB First Year Player’s Draft but did not sign and instead attended McLennan Community College. The Colorado Rockies then drafted Martin in the 21^st round of the 2005 Draft and once again he did not sign. Instead Martin signed with the Fort Worth Cats of United League Baseball but did not get to pitch in a game before tearing his labrum.

Martin spent the next five seasons out of Major League Baseball and baseball period before signing with the Grain Prairie AirHogs of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball after a tryout with the team. He did enough there to warrant a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox in 2011 where he stayed until he trade to Colorado along with Franklin Morales for Jonathan Herrera deal on December 18, 2013. Martin toiled around in the Rockies minor league system before getting called up to the majors on April 25, 2014. Martin’s numbers were less than impressive with Colorado posting an ERA north of 6.00 which led to him being designated for assignment on January 5^th.

New York has snatched up the big, and I mean big listed at 6’ 8”, right handed relief pitcher and will stash him presumably in the minor leagues while hoping for the best. If not the Yankees can always start their own basketball team with Martin, Dellin Betances, CC Sabathia, Michael Pineda and Brett Gardner running the point. 

Meet a Prospect: Chris Martin

In an effort to continue stockpiling every single bullpen arm in Major League Baseball, especially those tall enough to be centers in the NBA, Brian Cashman and the New York Yankees acquired Chris Martin from the Colorado Rockies for cash considerations yesterday after Martin was designated for assignment by his former team. Martin will need a 40 man roster spot and does have minor league options remaining so expect him to be in the thick of things this spring training. Let’s meet the man and see exactly what he brings to the table.

Chris was born on June 2, 1986 and attended Arlington High School in Arlington, Texas. During his baseball career in Arlington he did enough to be drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 18^th round of the 2004 MLB First Year Player’s Draft but did not sign and instead attended McLennan Community College. The Colorado Rockies then drafted Martin in the 21^st round of the 2005 Draft and once again he did not sign. Instead Martin signed with the Fort Worth Cats of United League Baseball but did not get to pitch in a game before tearing his labrum.

Martin spent the next five seasons out of Major League Baseball and baseball period before signing with the Grain Prairie AirHogs of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball after a tryout with the team. He did enough there to warrant a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox in 2011 where he stayed until he trade to Colorado along with Franklin Morales for Jonathan Herrera deal on December 18, 2013. Martin toiled around in the Rockies minor league system before getting called up to the majors on April 25, 2014. Martin’s numbers were less than impressive with Colorado posting an ERA north of 6.00 which led to him being designated for assignment on January 5^th.

New York has snatched up the big, and I mean big listed at 6’ 8”, right handed relief pitcher and will stash him presumably in the minor leagues while hoping for the best. If not the Yankees can always start their own basketball team with Martin, Dellin Betances, CC Sabathia, Michael Pineda and Brett Gardner running the point.