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16 minutes ago, bpilktree said:

He wasn't  a big sign guy though.  

Sanchez signed with NYYs in 2009, when he was 16. He got a $3 million bonus, which I think was a lot for a 16-year-old Dominican free agent then.

As I understand it, there generally is a large element of speculation in signing 16-year-olds as to how they'll develop over the next few years, both physically and as ballplayers. A lot of them fall by the wayside, and the way teams like the NYYs, Dodgers and RS deal with that is to sign them in large numbers, kind of like spreading your bets around on a roulette table. 

In any event, the following makes it pretty clear that Sanchez was a well known prospect before the NYYs signed him with the $3 million bonus.

Newman, then the head of the Yankees' farm system, was at its training complex in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic. He was with a few youngsters the team was working out. They were playing a game: Hit a home run to right field, center and then left.

Gary Sanchez, then 15 years old, needed just four swings.

"We didn't have many other kids do that," Newman said via phone interview on Saturday.

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Newman and general manager Brian Cashman vividly remember scouting, working out and signing Sanchez to a $3 million bonus in 2009.

At the time, Sanchez was far from an unknown.

"He worked out for everybody," Cashman said.

But the Yankees dug deep on him.

Newman said every single one of the Yankees' scouts in the Dominican had seen Sanchez, big with broad shoulders an arm maybe as strong as it is today. International player development executives Donny Rowland and Gordon Blakeley, now a Braves special assistant to the GM, and the organization's lead Dominican scout Victor Mata each pushed Newman and Cashman to commit to Sanchez.

 

http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2016/08/how_a_15-year-old_gary_sanchez_convinced_the_yanke.html

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4 minutes ago, Moshagge3 said:

ESPN bias aside, the Yankees look pretty dangerous. It's not a good sign when their mediocre role players like Headley and Holliday start crushing the ball.

They're having a good night. Remember, a few weeks ago they pretty much had the first wildcard rapped up.

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13 minutes ago, Moshagge3 said:

ESPN bias aside, the Yankees look pretty dangerous. It's not a good sign when their mediocre role players like Headley and Holliday start crushing the ball.

Usually Girardi gets more out of them. They do have talent. Have to get top of order out. If teams can they can be pitched to. 

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10 minutes ago, spiritof66 said:

Sanchez signed with NYYs in 2009, when he was 16. He got a $3 million bonus, which I think was a lot for a 16-year-old Dominican free agent then.

As I understand it, there generally is a large element of speculation in signing 16-year-olds as to how they'll develop over the next few years, both physically and as ballplayers. A lot of them fall by the wayside, and the way teams like the NYYs, Dodgers and RS deal with that is to sign them in large numbers, kind of like spreading your bets around on a roulette table. 

In any event, the following makes it pretty clear that Sanchez was a well known prospect before the NYYs signed him with the $3 million bonus.

Newman, then the head of the Yankees' farm system, was at its training complex in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic. He was with a few youngsters the team was working out. They were playing a game: Hit a home run to right field, center and then left.

Gary Sanchez, then 15 years old, needed just four swings.

"We didn't have many other kids do that," Newman said via phone interview on Saturday.

.  .  .

Newman and general manager Brian Cashman vividly remember scouting, working out and signing Sanchez to a $3 million bonus in 2009.

At the time, Sanchez was far from an unknown.

"He worked out for everybody," Cashman said.

But the Yankees dug deep on him.

Newman said every single one of the Yankees' scouts in the Dominican had seen Sanchez, big with broad shoulders an arm maybe as strong as it is today. International player development executives Donny Rowland and Gordon Blakeley, now a Braves special assistant to the GM, and the organization's lead Dominican scout Victor Mata each pushed Newman and Cashman to commit to Sanchez.

 

http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2016/08/how_a_15-year-old_gary_sanchez_convinced_the_yanke.html

He was referring to Severino. 

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