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River Ave. Blues ยป Update: Yankees will make no changes to player development staff

Update: Yankees will make no changes to player development staff

November 12, 2013 by Mike 114 Comments

Cashman confirms Yankees will keep Cervelli but pursue other catchers
Procedural changes only delay the inevitable for player development system

Nov. 12th: Hal Steinbrenner told reporters the team will make no changes to the player development staff, so Newman will remain in his current role. They are making changes to their player development system that Hal called “procedural.” So nothing. They’re doing nothing, basically.

Oct. 26th: Via Mark Feinsand: Amateur scouting director Damon Oppenheimer will remain with the team in that role. He was rumored to be one of executives in danger of being replaced due to the team’s recent farm system failures. Oppenheimer has been the team’s scouting director since the 2005-2006 offseason and he’s been considered for a handful of GM jobs over the years.

Meanwhile, Feinsand says other changes are expected to be made in the baseball operations department. Long-time VP of Baseball Ops Mark Newman was rumored to be on the hot seat alongside Oppenheimer, so he might be the one to take the fall for the unproductive farm system. The Yankees have been essentially auditing their player development staff in recent weeks and I’m glad to hear some changes are coming. Too much has gone wrong — top prospects keep stalling out and pretty much every pitching prospect worth a damn gets hurt — to maintain status quo.

Cashman confirms Yankees will keep Cervelli but pursue other catchers
Procedural changes only delay the inevitable for player development system

Filed Under: Asides, Front Office Tagged With: Damon Oppenheimer

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