Jun
15
Yanks sign 13th round pick Mack
ByWord came down this morning that Yanks 13th round pick DeAngelo Mack has opted to skip his senior year in order to sign with the team. He’s headed down to Tampa to work out, presumably until the Staten Island season starts. Mack led the SEC in hits for the 2009 season, and is particularly famous for this monster, monster home run:
Good night nurse! (Seriously, when was the last time you heard someone say that?)
That poor, poor baseball…
wow he crushed that
That swing would be perfect in Yankee Stadium.
Looks like Fred McGriff
Ouch.
Return of the Mack….
(too easy)
Nope, not sexy enough. Try this, it would be the best walkup music in MLB history:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ULZuCK_fgo
Girl, it’s all on you/
Have it your way/
And if you want, you can deciiiiiide/
And if, you’ll have me/
I can provide/
Everything that you desiiiiiiire/
Maybe we can get D’Angelo to cover “Return of the Mack” real slow like “How Does it Feel”.
We can put it on the soundtrack of “Black and White”.
I like it.
Let’s get Mack Trucks on the line and get some product placement dollars.
Christ, I can already hear Sterling…”MACK THE KNIFE!”
Please stop.
Just kidding.
aluminum bat, holds off until he shows he can do that w/ wood.
FWIW, Mack played in the Cape Cod League in 2008 and hit .273 with 11 XBH in 154 at bats (nine doubles, a triple, and a homer).
11 XBH in 154 AB’s in the premier amateur wooden bat summer league, that’s not too shabby.
.162 IsoP
http://pobley.thestateonline.com/?p=5
It would appear that the Yankees have tried to identify players that are still improving. This has always been a problem with evaluating all athletes (but more so in baseball, where players are still many years away): players peak at different times. Just because a player is “young for a league” does not mean he will continue to improve. If the Yankees have really found a few metrics to key on that indicate a player is going to continue to improve, this 2009 draft will turn out very, very good.
I really like his power potential and the fact he led the SEC in hits. This team can use some hitters in the organization. A very good signing.
That swing reminded me of…wait for it…Barry Bonds. That just happened!
We said the same about Mr. .715 COMPTON…IDK
Yeah, where is Compton anyway. I had high hopes for him =/
GCL
I don’t see it. His hip load is very small and contained, where as Bonds attacks the ball with his stride. Also, Bonds has far more dramatic arc in his swing–Mack chops at this ball.
Despite the ball traveling 3 miles, this doesn’t look like a home run swing. However, the bat is in the strike zone quickly, and stays there–that looks like a swing that’ll lead to a lot of line drives.
Which goes back to the scouting report on him that he’s a gap hitter. It will be interesting to see how he develops as a professional ballplayer.
Yeah, I was mostly kidding.
Yeah, I don’t see Barry Bonds there.
Both the fairly flat lefty swing and the overall game (probably a .270/.360/.470, with 15-25 HR and 20-30 steal potential) remind me of one guy above all others:
Ray Lankford.
I’m so stoked that I kept my 1994 Ray Lankford Upper deck Black Diamond Gold Foil hologram card in a heat/mildew/mold-resistant sleeve.
/rich.
I’d take that in a heartbeat.
Nice, hopefully we’ll sign most of our draft picks. And actually, I’ve never heard anyone say Good night nurse.
And they’ll be doing the Charleston…ALL NIGHT LONG!!!
so how many picks have we signed so far?
This sounds like a job for an RAB sidebar tracker. Right underneath the Brackman Watch would be perfect.
Hint hint…
Good night nurse! (Seriously, when was the last time you heard someone say that?)
Um, Archie Bunker?
I thought he always said “Good night, Negro”.
I totally LOL’d at that.
im gonna say last time i heard it was probably Gorilla Monsoon
Archie Bunker:
“Goodnight nurse she’s marrying a Jew”
The intro music MUST be:
http://tinyurl.com/azg3yc
Okaaaaaay…. why, exactly?
The MACK dad’ll make ya…
The daddy MACK’ll make ya…
How hilarious would it be to hear Sterling say “The daddy MACK’ll make ya jump!” as a HR call?
I just vomited a little in my mouth.
Hahahaha whaaaaaat?!
That video makes me want to wear my clothes backwards.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF-3yCSyL3M
For the first time in my life, I agree with the YouTube commenters.
Just shave the rest of it off, dude. Bald is okay. Better than half-bald.
I’m sorry, for a homerun like that, Mack gets a…..
BANGWAGON!!!!!!
thats the homerun i was talking about last week … what a shot. theres also a video of him hitting a game winning single. he has a sweet swing. Mike, since hes kind of a college veteran, were do you think he starts?
Whats the downside that makes him a 13th rounder?
My quick guess: not a top college player, was a junior.
So, then, can we start filling out the forthcoming Staten Island short season roster?
C-Kyle Higashioka
1B-
2B-
3B-Rob Lylerly
SS-
LF-Neil Medchill
CF-Justin Milo?
RF-DeAngelo Mack
DH-
SP-Gavin Brooks
SP-Sean Black (since he seems to be intent on signing)
SP-Shaeffer Hall
SP-Ben Watkins
SP-
RP-
RP-
RP-
I’m assuming Heathcott and Murphy probably go to the GCL when they sign, and Adam Warren is good and polished enough to go right to a full-season league, no? Where am I wrong and what would you all adjust?
isaac harrow for 2b, angelini i assume at ss. kevin mahoney as a 3b option too, maybe dh.
also players from the system: OF: Chris Smith 08 Draft, Carlos Urena, Eduardo Sosa IF: Mitch Delaney 1B
Pitchers: Mikey O’Brien
From what I can find out through Google Earth and the Gamecocks athletic department that road (Williams Street) is about 420 ft and the building behind the road is about 465 ft from home plate down the line.
Deangelo Mack is a man who built the Eiffel Tower out of metal and brawn, that’s what kind of man he is.
I thought you were joking!!! I even wrote it down in my diary: “veronica said something very funny today…”
seriously though im more impressed by the fact that he hit that ball than the distance
swing reminds me of a young Chris Chambliss….
I am getting the SI Yankee roster in bits and pieces. When I get them I post it on the website on the roster page. Keep checking back everyday for more information.