Here's what the MLB Pipeline says.
There is a ton of bat speed to dream on from Cedeno’s balanced and smooth right-handed swing. He does an excellent job of shifting his weight in the box to tap into power that is just beginning to emerge. His plus athleticism aids him in the box as he displays quick hands with almost no stiffness to his approach. If the pop begins to come consistently, Cedeno could be a fast riser through an organization’s ranks.
If... if... if...
If Mani takes five years to reach the majors, only God knows what Yankee hell-scape he'll find. Trump's entire second term will have come and gone. Taylor Swift will be pushing 40, into her second marriage, with three kids. Elon Musk will have been declared the 51st state, with Greenland, the Grand Caymans and Zuckerberg in the cue. Juan Soto will be coming off a .211 season, Anthony Volpe will be a Met, and the Buffalo Bills will be favored to win their first Super Bowl... next year, of course. The Yankees? I foresee a wild card!
Listen: It's hard to get stoked over a prospect who might not arrive in your lifetime. In five years, I'll have glass tubes in my crotch and an A.I. mistress. Also, there's a good chance that Mani will end up in a "Bundlerewski" trade package for some 34-year-old gas tank on some July 31 trade deadline.
Newton's 1st Law of the Yankiverse: Prospects come and go.
But but BUT... On this wintery morn, I am chalk full of hope. Welcome, Mani! Love the spelling. Love the glare. Love the fact that, once again, the Yankees have given me a new, phantom hope from the farthest edge of the universe. Mani Cedeno - a perfect baseball name. It doesn't matter that every year, the Yankees bring forth a new, huggable, "can't miss" 16-year-old, and quickly slot him into their Top Ten List of Prospects. It doesn't matter whether he's competing with Caleb Durbin or Jesus Montero. There is always somebody ranked No. 1, and we fools will track him like Jack Reacher, as he navigates the Yankee reality.
There was once Jackson Melian. There was once Roger Repoz. There was a Ricardo Aramboles, a Ruben Rivera, a litany of names that only ardent Yankee fans will remember. Every year, a new hope, so far off on the horizon that you wonder whether you should bother... but you do.
Last week, Baseball America released its top 100 prospects rankings. The Yankees had only one player - Jasson Dominguez, aka The Martian, who, at 21, is rapidly becoming a "Now or Never" - on the list. Overall, a sad showing. Spencer Jones didn't make it. Will Warren didn't make it. Clayton Beeter? Nope. Comparatively speaking, the Yankee farm is in a sorry state. But today, we have a new hope.
Welcome, Mani-Man. See you in 2030.
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I can’t wait to see how Taylor Swift’s three children turn out.
They probably attend preschool with Trump’s newest children -The Twins: Waterford and Elonia.
I’m still amazed to have found out that Buffalos have beaks.
Quick Question: Who’s throwing out the first football?
Heck, I'd take a paltry million to sign and would be gone even faster than this kid. Cashman can save a lot of money for Hal by signing old, unathletic fans, reducing the prospect signing costs and eliminating the expensive process of developing a player (which the Yankees aren't necessarily great at, anyway).
I am ready to step forward and be a part of this cost-cutting initiative. For the sake of the team. For the sake of Hal. Or maybe just a sake with Ichiro.
JM - if Buffalo wins today, do you think we can petition to have their names changed to The Buffalo Beaks?
That's a good idea. How do you like the Buffalo Tse Tses? According to Peter Falk in the In-Laws, they have beaks, too.
El Duque - "Listen: It's hard to get stoked over a prospect who might not arrive in your lifetime. In five years, I'll have glass tubes in my crotch ...
Two words - Thulium Laser.
As to the lack of Top 100 players in the farm.
True, and you'd think we'd have an endless pipeline... speaking of which... the number ELEVEN prospect? I know it's a crap shoot and that a $100,000 signing like Sevi can do better than some of the failures you wrote about, but how does the highest ranked signing come in at eleven?
Last thing... I know that the cupboard seems bare but we just "graduated" the current ROY and either the second or third runner up in Gil and Wells. Plus Volpe, who is kinda recent.
Last year they traded others for Jazz and for Soto (along with older but home grown King) so it's not like they get nothing from the minors.
Still... the number eleven prospect? WTF.
Works for me
Wake me up in 3 years
And Cashman has his eyes on a 12 year old, now. In Venezuela, I think. a 6'9" pitcher with a fork ball.
I’ll set the alarm
Remember Brien Taylor?
@ Acrilly...I can't fault the Yankees for that pick. His talent was immense, but a freak injury in a bar fight seeking retribution suffered by his brother did him in.
@ El Duque...I knew a guy who had to pay extra to have a glass tube shoved into his crotch and a high heel pressed onto his forehead.
@ AA... Taylor hates Agent Orange and would never let her kids attend the same school as his offspring.
That review call in the Buffalo game was incredibly awful. Completely impossible. The KC guy never touched the ball until it was already downed. Who's getting paid?
FUCK KC
FUCK KC
and, might I add, FUCK KC
excuse me - I couldn’t hear you
Both KC and Philly got enormous, game-changing calls in the playoffs (Philly, the opening kick-off against GB, in which one of their players jarred the ball loose with a helmet-to-helmet foul...and then didn't even recover it. But they gave them the ball anyway.) Replays didn't reverse them. Poor playoff season for the NFL...
...And yes, while we're at it, Steve Whitaker, Ross Moschitto, Tony Solaita, Bill Burbach, Terry Whitfield, Charlie Spikes, Gil Patterson, Ken Clay, Ryan Bradley, Christian Parker, D'Angelo Jimenez, Tucker Ashford, Billy Parker, C.J. Henry, and so many more, in no particular order whatsoever. Sigh.
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