2008 Top 10 Yankee Prospects, Based on Bizarre Names

It's that time of year, when the losers who run Yankee blogs rank their top 10 prospects as if they were high scores on Frogger.

Here's ours, based not on talent, but potential for back page punch lines.

1. BRANDON BRABOY, 23, pitcher, Staten Island.

2. JEFF NUTT, 23, catcher, Charleston.

3. ERIC HACKER, 25, pitcher, Scranton.

4. JEREMY BLEICH, 21, pitcher, Staten Island.

5. ERIC WORDEKEMPER, 25, pitcher, Scranton.

6. (TIE) AUSTIN KRUM, 22, outfielder, Charleston
RAY KRUML, 23, outfielder, Staten Island

7. (TIE) DAWERD CRUZ, 19, pitcher, Dominican Summer League
SHERSSY CRUZ, 19, pitcher, Dominican Summer League

8. BRAD SUTTLE, 22, thirdbaseman, Charleston

9. SETH FORTENBERRY, 25, outfielder, Charleston

10. (TIE) SHAWN JOY, 22, pitcher, Gulf Coast Yankees
JACK RYE, 22, outfielder, Staten Island


Dream the dream: Our 2014 line up

KRUM, KRUML, NUTT, SUTTLE, RYE, FORTENBERRY, TEIXIERA, JETER, BRABOY