New York Yankees Hoping To Increase Size of Their “Killer B” Family
It all started with Joba Chamberlain, Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy. The trio dubbed "Generation Trey" was the future of the New York Yankees' rotation. This trifecta certainly isn't the only group of pitchers to warrant a nickname. The New York Mets had "Generation K" with Paul Wilson, Bill Pulsipher and Jason Isringhausen in the mid-90's. The Oakland Athletics had the "Big Three" with Barry Zito, Tim Hudson and Mark Mulder in the early 2000's and I'm sure there are several others as well. The New York Yankees had not had any sort of pitching to be excited about in a long time though. That they had three arms dominating the minor leagues and seemingly en route to stardom obviously warranted a nickname.
The results have been less than optimal up this point - especially since the best of the three is currently putting up numbers for a team nearly 2500 miles away. No need to sweat it though. Since the Yankees are waist-deep in starting pitching these days, they just produced a new trio. Andrew Brackman*, Dellin Betances and Manny Banuelos emerged as the "Killer B's" and have been the latest source of staring pitching excitement for Yankees fans.
With the continued development of Brett Marshall and Bryan Mitchell in the lower levels, there is a solid chance that this group could grow.
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The Yankee Haters Must be going crazy.Not only do we have the hitting but now we have the pitching,on the big club and in the minors. With good pitching you always have a chance to win.The SF Giants proved that with good pitching and timely hitting you can win it all.The Yankee teams of the 90′s also won this way.What I’m afraid of is if lets say in spring training these young pitchers start to impress other teams and they come on asking to trade for our young pitchers will the Yankees return to there old ways of trading away our future to win today.
The good pitching is definitely exciting – especially after surviving those mid-2000 pitching staffs and dealing with the frustration of trying to develop a trio of young pitchers all at once. With the depth in the big league rotation and the upper minors, the young pitchers can be broken in at a more gradual pace.
With all of that said, I’m still concerned about the lineup. I do think the Yanks need to find an upgrade that can be a big producer moving forward.
To me the next big name should be Stoneburner and not because it sounds like Steinbrenner!
Graham Stoneburner did have a very strong season in 2010 between Low and High-A. He racked up 142 innings with an 8.68 K/9, 4.03 K/BB and 1.83 GO/AO – what more could you ask for? Unfortunately a neck strain (I believe) derailed his 2011. I’m glad you brought him up though. At this point he’s flying way under the radar, but isn’t a HUGE stretch to suggest that he could find himself knocking on the big league door by 2013 – if not by the end of this season.