Draft Preview

We're only a few hours away from the start of the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, which is getting special attention this year because MLB Network has turned it into a primetime event. For Yankee fans, however, it shouldn't be terribly exciting. Thanks to their free agent signings, the team lost their first, second and third round picks. This leaves the team with just two picks tonight, one at the end of the first round and one at the end of the second, which they received as compensation for failing to sign two of their picks last year. Recent history has shown us that the Yankees will use their financial strength to take players that other teams will pass on because they might be difficult to sign, or because their health makes them a costly gamble. It's a strategy which has produced some great results, like Joba Chamberlain and Austin Jackson, and some epic busts, like Carl Henry and Gerrit Cole.

With the Yankees set to open a series in Boston at 7, I plan on watching the first hour of the draft on TV and then keeping an eye on it with my laptop during the game. I'll update here when the Yankees get their chance to pick.