With Joba in the majors, Jose Tabata is now the prize prospect of the Yankee organization. He is a 19 year old right handed hitter out of Venezuela and plays all three OF positions. In A ball last season Tabata hit .308 with 5 HRs and 15 SB in 411 ABs. His power numbers were down due to a right hamate injury that required surgery. This season he was promoted to AA, Trenton Thunder, and currently he is hitting .198 with 13 RBI and 3 SBs. He has the same number of HRs as I do this year for the Thunder and his BB:K ratio is 10:23. When you throw this shit sandwich together you end up with a .297 OBP, .228 SLG and a .525 OPS (OBP + SLG). Hardly numbers that warrant the title of top prospect.
Jose's teammate and fellow outfielder, Austin Jackson, is the #2 prospect within the organization. With all the young pitching that filtered through the Yanks system recently (Joba, Kennedy, and Hughes), it is different seeing outfielders a top this list. These guys are not ready and 2009 seems like best case scenario with 2010 more likely.
This is the Yankees and these two guys will eventually be traded at the deadline for some washed up pitcher.
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