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YankeePhan1234
This makes me think of a possible AA rotation if they had signed Cole, imagine on 3 days in a row you could see Betances, Banuelos, and Cole. Ah what could have been 🙁
Jeff 30
I don’t see Betances staying in the rotation though. Granted, he’s young but pitchers are difficult to project (DVD, Generation K, etc.) and his control needs to improve before he can be considered a lock-down rotation candidate.
LifeLongYankeeFan
I hear that Banuelos is supposed to be a stud though.
Jeff 30
I heard that too. But he’s still much to young to hail as the next coming of (insert name here).
Trust me. I’m an O’s fan – see Tillman, Chris.
LifeLongYankeeFan
Yeah I know its just exciting to have a potential top of the line starter in your minor league system. Especially being a Yankee fan because we usually sign a lot of our players so it’s rarer for us then a smaller market team. I guess the thing that might concern me down the road is his smaller stature. Take Pedro Martinez for example and Johan Santana who’s battling some health issues. Great pitchers but when they reached their early 30s some problems started popping up.
patrick
now imagine if mike montgomery, john lamb, danny duffy and chris dwyer were all in the same rotation
oh wait…
muskyfish
I’ll take Teheran, Vizcaino, Delgado, and Minor over the KC crew.
$1519287
That would be a shutdown rotation, no question.
Lunchbox45
Considering he was raised a Yankee fan it takes a lot of will to turn down 1st round bonus money from your favorite team
$1519287
Probably would have been a lot easier to turn it down from a team like the Red Sox or Jays, for sure.
YankeePhan1234
Eh, some people value Education, I can’t blame him, anyone know what year he is? Cause I might be a bit chapped if he isn’t graduating >:(
YanksFanSince78
He was drafted out of HS in 2008 so my guess is he is in his JR year.
LordD99 2
While education might have played into the decision, I do remember reading an article about how Cole’s father, working with Boras, studied pitchers drafted out of high school, and how much more money they made if they then went off to college and re-entered the draft several years later. There was a significant difference in money, and that apparently influenced the decision to wait.
Troy Hartsgrove
If I remember correctly from a couple of his interviews I’ve heard and read, it wasn’t for the college education but for the college experience.
wickedkevin
I think it’s good to see MLBTR becoming more active with prospects
JoeM
Can we get interviews with Springer, Barnes and Esposito please? I played with all three back when I was younger and would love to read something on each of them.
yankswin28
He’ll be playing with the Yankees in the future, along with other giant Yankees fan superstars to be in Bryce Harper, Dellin Betances, and Manny Banuelos.
🙂 Can’t wait.
Lunchbox45
Bryce Harper? get real..
not to mention Cole won’t fall that far down to the Yankees this time around
ultimate913
As a Yankee fan: boooooooooooooooooooooooo. Not gonna lie though. I am excited for Banuelos.
Bob9988
Too bad for you guys that he’s coming to Seattle.
Felix
Cole
Pineada
Now, if we could just learn to hit…
Smrtbusnisman04
Nahhh, I think Pittsburgh will take him. He need go pitching in our farm system.
muskyfish
I still like Purke better if the Bucs pass on Rendon… which I think they should…. I think they would have a better chance at the desired return if they put a more finesse guy with the young power arms they are already trying to develop in Taillon, Heredia, and Allie.
Tisha Waters
what a jerk he is to listen to Boras. How can you turn down the Yankees when you grew up a Yankee fan and always dreamed of being a Yankee? Oh , wait , 5 million signing bonus is peanuts when your Daddy is named in Forbes magazine as one of the richest billionaires in America.
mwagner26
What this is, I don’t even….
Jeff 30
I went through the list of all 385 billionaires listed on Forbes and didn’t see Mark Cole on their anywhere. Confused….
GGeazy
As a Pirate fan I would love to draft either Purke or Cole, but the Pirates desperately need an impact hitter for their system. Rendon would be fast-tracked through the minors and be up in the major leagues ready to produce. Not a bad major league roster in a few years with Rendon, Alvarez, Walker, Tabata, Sanchez, McCutchen, Lambo and hopefully a few others begin to pan out.
The Pirates have spent a lot on amateur pitching via draft and international signings, so its definitely time for a big time hitter
NatsTown
would alvarez go to first?
YanksFanSince78
I think the Pirates would be dumb to pass on Cole. The toughest thing for small market teams to acquire outside of the draft are high end power arms. Besides isn’t Alvarez a 3B?
RobMor
Pedro will just be switched over to 1B if Rendon is drafted, not a big deal. Anthony Rendon has a chance to be special over at 3B, hitting and defense included.
YanksFanSince78
Yeah but a small market team shouldn’t pass on a potential power ace for a corner IF’er. EVER.
pirateswillwinin2013
Jameson Taillon , Gerrit Cole, Stetson Allie…talk about nasty
Timmy Hands
Seems to have a pretty good make-up going by that interview.
LordD99 2
Hmmm, not sure he’ll go as the number-one pick in the draft, even if the consensus is that he’s the #1. This is a deep draft but there is no clear #1 (like a Strasburg or Harper the last two years), and since Cole is represented by Boras and already took a risk and turned down a lot of money three years ago, I can see the Pirates or the Mariners passing and going for the next best guy, especially if the gap in talent isn’t that large and it’s believed that guy will be a little easier to sign.
eYeDEF
Rendon’s also represented by Boras so no chance of that. Any aspiring high draft pick is often locked up by Boras. I wonder why.
Anthony
Really wish the Yanks coulda locked this guy down. Oh well, hope he has fun being irrelevant in the Pirates system.
pirateswillwinin2013
good comment
John Doe
Fool…….he could’ve been playing for the Yankees in a billion dollar stadium
Now he can take his extra 2 million dollar signing bonus and spend the next 6 years toiling away in the Pirates/Nationals system
Good job dude
muskyfish
in a sport where a tweak can lead to the end of a career, that raised signing bonus and an education from a well thought of institution is one hell of an insurance policy. PS, though obviously a very well respected organization, life does not begin and end with the Yankees….. sorry to inform you otherwise.
John
Purke turned down $5 million from the Rangers. MLB was financing the Rangers at the time, and the Rangers were unable to pay the $7m Purke asked for.
I don’t see Purke’s demand going down, and there’s no telling what Cole will ask for??
Ryne Ashley Stewart
i see cole as a true number one a lot like cole hammels and he will be drafted by the pirates in hopes that they can sign him to add to there young studs and if they cant they nope the worst thing that can happen is getting the 2nd garenteed overal pick next year but i hope somehow he falls to number 9 to the cubs because of money issues
Skyler Scott
Mariners have NO money issues they can sign Fielder and Cole next year and still be fine, no way he falls passed number 3!
Ryne Ashley Stewart
probably right but wishful thinking