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New York Yankees’ 2013 Mock Draft: Projecting Their Top 1st-Round Targets

May 25, 2013   ·     ·   Jump to comments
Article Source: Bleacher Report - New York Yankees

The New York Yankees have three picks in the first round of the 2013 first-year player draft on June 6, as the departures of both Nick Swisher (Cleveland Indians) and Rafael Soriano (Washington Nationals) netted them picks 32 and 33 to go along with their initial selection at No. 26.

General manager Brian Cashman is notorious for taking pitchers in the first round. In recent memory, Phil Hughes (2004), Ian Kennedy (2006) and Joba Chamberlain (2006) have all been drafted by Cashman and groomed in the Yankees’ system.

Expect Cashman to do more of the same in 2013. Yankees scouts love selecting quality arms, and there’s no shortage of such arms in this year’s draft. There are several talented pitchers (both from high school and college) who could find themselves as members of the Yankees by the end of the first round.

The Yankees have always had a shortage of talented pitching in their system. Even with Cashman‘s propensity to select pitchers, not all of them have always panned out. New York has strong positional talent in the lower minors in Mason Williams, Gary Sanchez, Tyler Austin and Slade Heathcott, though there isn’t all that much pitching to be found.

Look for Cashman and Co. to solve that problem on draft day.

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