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    Keys to the second half 

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    Published on 07-13-12 01:52 PM

    When you take a step back and really consider the season that the Yankees have had the success that they have to this point. Go back to when we found out that Joba Chamberlain had suffered a severe ankle dislocation during Spring Training, and the Yankees’ season has seen one major injury after anther. Michael Pineda hurt his shoulder in his final Spring Training outing, then tore his labrum during a rehab stint and had to have shoulder surgery. Brett Gardner hurt his elbow after playing in just nine games and hasn’t been back since. Then, of course, Mariano Rivera tore his ACL thanks to a freak accident while shagging flyballs during warmups in Kansas City, costing the Yankees’ their Hall of Fame closer for the rest of 2012. That was followed by David Robertson, their All-Star setup man, joining him on the disabled list, and then, of course, Black Wednesday. That’s three starting pitchers, a starting left fielder, and your two best relief pitcher all hitting the disabled list in the first half of the season. Ouch.

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    Three Yankees in KLaw’s top 50 

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    Published on 07-13-12 11:29 AM

    Keith Law has released his midseason top 50 prospects list (Insider, sorry) and the Yankees are well represented with three of the newest members of the Tampa Yankees all making the list. Mason Williams (21st), Gary Sanchez (28th), and Tyler Austin (45th), all make the list, giving the Yankees a nice trio of A-ball position prospects in the system, and all still have room to grow in the very near future.

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    Yankees sign first rounder Hensley 

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    Published on 07-13-12 08:52 AM

    The Yankees have come to terms with first round pick Ty Hensley, a right-handed pitcher out of Oklahoma. Hensley will get a signing bonus of $1.2 million, which is below the $1.6 million recommended slot value for the pick. Baseball America’s Jim Callis reports that the sides had agrees to a $1.6 million bonus back in June, but as part of a physical he took on June 8th, an MRI revealed an “abnormality” in his throwing shoulder. Um, yikes? Hensley doesn’t exactly sound happy about the situation, and the “abnormality” doesn’t appear to be an injury, per se. Hensley does not have pain in the area and runs his fastball well into the 90′s, but it’s apparently a big enough deal for the team that they took their first pick down to the deadline in order to save $400,000 over it.

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