Domenick Noto

Few regions underscore the importance of scouting more than the Northeast. Thanks in large part to having a harsher climate than the typical baseball hotbeds, most players in the Northeast receive much less attention from scouts. Outside of this geographic disadvantage, most notable programs (College and Prep) reside in the southern half of the continental United States, leaving Northeast prospects to compete against competition that is usually written off as inferior. For the teams willing...

Yankees Draft Watch: Six College Players for the Yankees’ Draft Board By the time the Yankees finally get on the clock at night one of the MLB Draft, many of the top college players will have already been selected. What will be left is a group of talented, however imperfect, prospects. Nonetheless, if you are familiar with recent Yankees’ drafts, this is not unique to this class. The college demographic is one that the Yankees have shown the most comfort evaluating, as well as the most...

📸: ESPN (Will Brian - C/Christian Brothers HS) My Yankees Draft Starting Six: High School Edition It’s officially MLB Draft Season! For those of us who are big followers of the Yankees’ farm system, this year is an especially important year, after a disaster of an international free agent (IFA) class (or I should say a lack thereof) left the Yankees system starved for new talent. The international failure combined with the flurry of 2025 deadline deals, as well as the offseason trade for...