Chase Wright Designated For Assignment

haha

When I first seen it I thought it said

Chase Utley designated for assignment

haha

"I guess this is why the Yankees farm system is so garbage.
Those numbers look good to me..."

I guess this is why after reading one post from you I can already assume you know nothing about prospects. The Yankees system isn't garbage, and minor league numbers have little to no translation to big league success. Not ERA anyway.

Jared78, Yep you're right, he is the guy they tattooed for four straight homers. Hopefully that didn't shatter his confidence.

nrmax88 - sure increases chances of a good major league career if you have success in the minors, eh?

i still cower when i think of the 4th homer.

"and minor league numbers have little to no translation to big league success"

Wait, what?

"nrmax88 - sure increases chances of a good major league career if you have success in the minors, eh?"

I don't know, does it? My point is just that looking at numbers like era, batting average and the traditional stats don't mean much in the minors. For one, players are younger, not physically mature yet, don't hit for as much power. Two, the parks vary from offensive dreamworld to enormous pitchers parks. Looking at a guy who posted a 2.50 era in the minors and not very good peripherals and expecting that to translate to big league success isn't very smart. There are other things to go by in the minors. Plate discipline, approach, gb/fb, k/bb, etc. You can't just look at a guys win-loss record and era and assume it will translate to MLB success.

Or what about Hanley Ramirez's career MiLB 780 OPS? Did that translate to the MLB? It is the same thing as a college football or basketball player. Guys like JJ Reddick put up monster numbers in college. How about Ken Dorsey? You have to judge these guys as much on projections and whether their skills will translate to facing much better competition.

JFossick, we don't a ****, we'll buy everything from the free agency, Lol.

Who cares what you think.

And just a random comment...I love how ESPN says "former Yankee," David Justice, when talking about steroid use. They show only his clips with the Yankees. No big deal that he played with the Braves for 8 years and 1.5 years with the Yankees at the very end of his career. Their blatant hating is in full display here. Please someone try to explain this. While the Yankees get alot of coverage on ESPN, I would say the majority of it leans toward negative spinning. This tops the cake right here. Ridiculous.

"I guess this is why the Yankees farm system is so garbage.
Those numbers look good to me..."

Right.. because guys like Chase Wright, a 25 year old with unimpressive stuff repeating AAA and posting mediocre peripherals, are what make a good farm system.

Oh yeah. That system is total garbage with potential superstars in Brackman, Montero, and Betances, as well as a top 50 prospect in Austin Jackson, and some solid pitching depth.

As long as the Yankees have enough money to go overslot on every pick in the draft, that system will continue to be solid.

chase wright may not have made it in the yanks oranization(spelled wrong, i know) but he seems like hed be able to at least get some kind of player in a trade. wouldnt mind the dodgers grabbing him and seeing what he could do. he is still 26, so there is SOME potential

Id love to hear more about former red sox pitcher eric gagne's steroid use...

Whoa whoa whoa, is it just me, or is this thread leaning more and more towards a Yankee bias??? It seems like everyone here has come to bash on the poor guy.

Anyways, I agree with Lakersdodgersyankees4life (shorter moniker? lol). I'm sure they could've gotten SOMETHING for him. A PTBNL or cash or something!

Id love to hear more about former red sox pitcher eric gagne's steroid use...

Posted by: Tex's New Best Friend | January 27, 2009 at 04:37 PM

....Or the reason why Youk's head is the size of a pumpkin...and goes into rage throwing bats, punching walls, etc after every out...to the point where his own teammates had enough of it. Also must be a coincidence that he nearly doubled his homer production.

I could see a few teams trying to get in on Wright..

As for minor league stats, I think most of us could agree on this: if you have good/great minor league stats, it doesn't mean you'll be anything in the big leagues.. but most people who have had success in the majors have done well in MiLB, if that all makes sense.

As for Wright's case, a 25 year old guy with 7+ years of baseball experience and some experience in the bigs, the fact that he dominated a bunch of kids in AA and AAA means very little.

Hahaha, nice to see that you covered it before I did.

I love this website..

I agree. I'm surprised he couldn't have been part of a package in a trade...especially to a team like SD who has been rumored to be interested in Nady.

And his big league experience was all of 10 innings that I'm sure he would love to forget.

The Yanks have enough AAAA pitchers anyway. They could get the same production out of Kei Igawa that they got from Wright (solid milb stats rough callups). Someone had to go and they clearly liked Shelly Duncan more.

RSD being RSD. Please ignore him.

That wasn't even you're good stuff RSD.

Yankfan408

As for it not making sense for the Pads to be interested in Nady...why not? Their current outfield is Headly, Giles and Gerut and they are more than desperate for an inexpensive run producer.

Scrib, NOTHING the Village Idiot says has any remote intellectual value whatsoever. He's a 12 year old kid looking for attention...whether it's good or bad.

I'm out...have a good night gentleman.

redsoxdynasty-- ur name is red sox dynasty.. LOL if 2 ws rings is a dynasty than derek jeter must be the equivalent of emperor of baseball as he has more rings than anyone else currently playing besides former yankees =) ..ive never seen someone so ignorant as you

you wanna talk about problems? how about JD Drew's lack of interest in the game of baseball? or youkilis' seizures after making a non-productive out? or papelbons mental issues that require him to dance? or david ortiz's inability to complete a full sentence in english or spanish? or curt schilling sticking his nose into everybodies business?

I have a question. The article read:

"New York has 10 days to trade Wright, send him outright to the minors or put him on waivers".

So isn't removing him from the 40 and sending him outright to the minors still an option that allows them to keep him in the organization? He was only called up once in his career and only pitched 10 innings so would they not still have control over him? Or is their a rule about minor leaguers with 6 years + in the game needing to be kept on the 40 man roster?

"Someone had to go and they clearly liked Shelly Duncan more."

Duncan was waived when Teixeira was signed. He cleared and was outrighted to SWB. He'll be in ST as an NRI.

"Clearly, nobody wanted to trade for Wright, because he's been DFA'd. Otherwise, he would've been traded."

Wright still could be traded. The whole point of a DFA is that you open up a spot on the 40 man roster immediately, but get 10 days to decide what to do with the player you removed from the roster. They needed to clear a spot for Pettitte; who else should they have cut?

i meant sign him after the 10 days is up and he can decide not to accept and stay with the system

"So isn't removing him from the 40 and sending him outright to the minors still an option that allows them to keep him in the organization? He was only called up once in his career and only pitched 10 innings so would they not still have control over him? Or is their a rule about minor leaguers with 6 years + in the game needing to be kept on the 40 man roster?"

Because he has been DFA'd, he has to pass through waivers before being sent to the minor leagues.

So basically, the Yankees will have the right to send him to AAA if nobody claims him off waivers within the next ten days.

If they don't want to send him to AAA and he passes through waivers, then they can simply release him.

The third option would be a trade, which clearly isn't a legitimate option.

I agree with 95% of the info scribbletone just provided for us.

However, if he passes through waivers, and he is sent to AAA. A trade is a great option. He has very little value apparently. How much to sign him? League minimum? So he makes great filler for a trade. If someone does surface for the Nady trade option. A deal with Nady, Kennedy, Wright, + someone like Brad Suttle (if even still in Yank's org? ) seems like there are a few teams with a third base void? Even throw in one more.

This is a lot of cheap depth for another team with good upside in return for a Yank piece of the puzzle. Now that Pettitte resigned, I'd like to look at someone to take Ransom's place, but we'd need someone ready to play not a far off prospect in return. Someone to start sharing with Jeter maybe the 2010 season.

Yank's pitching is incredibly deep right now. I think we're whole at the moment.

Not something Yanks even need to do, but just putting it out there for the sake of putting it out there.

Who in return?

"And just a random comment...I love how ESPN says "former Yankee," David Justice, when talking about steroid use. They show only his clips with the Yankees. No big deal that he played with the Braves for 8 years and 1.5 years with the Yankees at the very end of his career. Their blatant hating is in full display here. Please someone try to explain this. While the Yankees get alot of coverage on ESPN, I would say the majority of it leans toward negative spinning. This tops the cake right here. Ridiculous"

They refer to him with the Yankees because he was alleged to have taken steroids while on the Yankees. Just another stupid Yankee fan complaining about **** they know nothing about.

Um there is a lot of misinformation in these post.

Hes being designated for assignment off the 40 for Pettitte, which means a they have 10 days to see if another team wants him and make a trade, he was never making the 24.

Minor league stats certainly don't directly translate to major league stats, but they are probably the best indicator on how a player will do. I mean someone who cant cut it in AAA is certainly not going to make it in the Majors. And a scout can say a player has all the talent in the world but if he cant perform in the minors its doubtful he will ever get a chance.

Yankees minor league system is average they were ranked 14th by baseball america (just in perspective the Red Sox were ranked 13th) and are only a year or two removed from being ranked 5th. They have some great prospects in Brackman, Montero, A. Jackson, Romaine, and if you still want to count them Hughes and Kennedy, along with a ton of pitching and catching depth. They are very weak at the other positions. There AA and AAA minor league affiliates are both coming off championship years.