Catching up

Been busy with holiday stuff for a while and since nothing really's been happening anywhere in baseball, there hasn't been much to write about - but here's what I've missed:

- Baseball America, the prospect bible, published its Top 10 Yankee prospect list. Joba, Ajax and Tabata topped the list while Kennedy somehow fell to fourth. Six through 10 is a strange melange of players that seem to fit two completely different methods of evaluating prospects.

- Jimmy Leyritz, one of my favorite Yankees growing up, was arrested for DUI after he hit a car running a red light - a woman driving the other car was killed. A tragic story for sure, and while lessening Jim's stature in my mind, ultimately not that surprising - the dude always seemed like a hard-drinking, reckless kind of guy (just as if the same happened to David Wells - would anyone be that surprised? Unfortunately, no.).

- The Yanks and Sawx only seem to remain 'in talks' for Santana merely to drive up the price for the other. If the Yanks ever said they were completely pulling out, the Sawx would gain a ton of leverage and could conceivably lower their offer and still acquire Santana.

- Robbie Cano was pulled from Dominican Winter Baseball at the request of the Yanks front office, apparently due to a calf strain. But some conspiracy theorists believe it could be in preparation for a trade... very doubtful.

- I'll be posting a piece on Lohud sometime in January so look for it.