Remember the days when the Yankees farm system was described as one of the most barren in baseball? Well as I’ve been highlighting those days are long gone, especially in the pitching department. The next in a long line of these young pitching prospects is Jeffrey Marquez. The 23 year old right hander was selected by the Yankees in the first round of the 2004 draft. The 6’2, 175 lb starting pitcher has never sported an ERA over 4.00 in his professional career. He debuted with a splash with the GCL Yankees with a 0.63 ERA and 18 K’s in 14.1 innings as a 19 year old. Marquez has a career minor league ERA of 3.40, but his K rate was not quite as good as indicated by his rookie showing, as his 6.78 K/9 is good but not amazing. Marquez has given up hits, as he’s allowed 474 in 458 innings, but his real strength is his control, as he has a superb BB/9 rate of 3.12 (better then a 2-1 K-BB ratio). Marquez most recently went 15-9 with a 3.40 ERA for the Trenton Thunder in the 2007 season.
Marquez features a repertoire that has become typical of a Yankees minor league pitching prospect (as this is what minor league pitching coach Nardi Contreras believes are some of the best pitches to throw). He features a four seem and a two seem fastball, changeup, and curveball. Marquez is somewhat of a sinkerballer, but his fastball can reach 94 mph and comparisons to Chien-Ming Wang are not unwarranted. Other then his sinking fastball, Marquez’s changeup is also one of the best in the minor leagues, while his curveball is above average as well. Marquez will get many groundball outs in the big league’s, but should maintain a better K rate then Wang has due to his changeup. Marquez certainly has the talent and the track record to start the 2008 season in AAA, but with the crowded rotation in the Yankees upper minor leagues, he may have to wait for his chance and start the year back in AA Trenton. Still, a fast start and Marquez could easily find himself in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Marquez has the talent and potential to even reach the major leagues at some point next season, but that seems unlikely. As long as the wheels don’t come off this season, then Marquez seems to be a lock to make his major league debut by the all star break of 2009.
Marquez features a repertoire that has become typical of a Yankees minor league pitching prospect (as this is what minor league pitching coach Nardi Contreras believes are some of the best pitches to throw). He features a four seem and a two seem fastball, changeup, and curveball. Marquez is somewhat of a sinkerballer, but his fastball can reach 94 mph and comparisons to Chien-Ming Wang are not unwarranted. Other then his sinking fastball, Marquez’s changeup is also one of the best in the minor leagues, while his curveball is above average as well. Marquez will get many groundball outs in the big league’s, but should maintain a better K rate then Wang has due to his changeup. Marquez certainly has the talent and the track record to start the 2008 season in AAA, but with the crowded rotation in the Yankees upper minor leagues, he may have to wait for his chance and start the year back in AA Trenton. Still, a fast start and Marquez could easily find himself in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Marquez has the talent and potential to even reach the major leagues at some point next season, but that seems unlikely. As long as the wheels don’t come off this season, then Marquez seems to be a lock to make his major league debut by the all star break of 2009.
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Dude u make me feel so spoiled to be a yankee fan all these prospects
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