Morning Links - Andrew Brackman Edition

Written by Greg Fertel | 11 August 2010

Frankie Piliere gives us a full scouting report on Andrew Brackman. It's absolutely worth clicking through and giving a read, but here's the major takeaway:

But given the progress I've seen from last year to spring training to now, I'd have to say that the righty has shown the ability to improve rapidly. He now shows solid command in the strike zone, a smooth and rather effortless over-the-top delivery, and the dynamic arsenal of a top-of-the-rotation starter.

Seeing good things on Brackman from Piliere is a great sign, as he notes that he had been negative on him over the past year.

Over at The Girl Who Loved Andy Pettitte, Leonora talks about her experience seeing Brackman pitching for Trenton, and even gives us some video from a great view directly behind home plate. She also says that she heard Brackman was sitting 93-94 and touching 96, which is some more good news about the tall right-hander.

Mike Ashmore calls Brackman's last outing "poor," and suggesting that some of it has to do with his mechanics falling apart after 80 pitches. This is something that we should expect with Brackman. A guy that big with so many moving parts is going to take a little bit longer to develop than a regular pitcher, and he has already shown great progress this season.

And two non-Brackman related links:

• Eric over at TYU takes stock of the Yankee farm system and lists his top ten Yankee prospects. I haven't really thought through how I'd rank these guys right now, but Eric puts together an interesting list.
• John Sickels revisits his top 20 Yankee prospects from the preseason. There's some good stuff in the post and the comments section as well.