Manny Banuelos

Manny Banuelos
New York Yankees — No. 92
Pitcher
Born: March 13, 1991 (1991-03-13) (age 21)
Monterrey, Mexico
Bats: Left Throws: Left

Manuel Banuelos (born March 13, 1991) is a minor league baseball pitcher in the New York Yankees organization. He currently plays for the Yankees Triple-A affiliate, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees.

Career

In 2008, the Yankees signed four players, including Banuelos and Alfredo Aceves, from the Mexican League for $450,000.[1] Banuelos participated in the All-Star Futures Game in 2009.[2]

Banuelos missed some time during the 2010 season with an appendectomy, but has since demonstrated strong development, with a mid-90s fastball and above-average secondary pitches that include a changeup and curveball.[3] In 2010, Banuelos split time between the Class-A Advanced Tampa Yankees and the Class-AA Trenton Thunder. Banuelos was also a standout during the 2010 season of the Arizona Fall League, earning the start in the team's all-star game.

Before the 2010 season, He was rated as the Yankees sixth best prospect according to Baseball America and in 2011 he was rated as the fourth best.[4][5] He was also one of the top 50 overall prospects according to MLB.com.[6]

In 2011, Banuelos was invited to spring training with the Yankees for the first time, drawing rave reviews.[1][7][8] Mariano Rivera said that he believes Banuelos is the best pitching prospect he has seen.[9] He won the James P. Dawson Award, given annually to the best rookie in camp.[10] He was promoted to the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees on August 2. In his Triple-A debut, Banuelos struck out eight in five innings against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b Harper, John (2011-02-24). "Yankees left-handed pitching prospect Manny Banuelos is turning heads at spring training". Nydailynews.com. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2011/02/24/2011-02-24_yankees_big_on_lil_lefty.html. Retrieved 2011-03-10. 
  2. ^ "Manny Banuelos to Pitch in ‘09 Futures Game - OurSports Central - Independent and Minor League Sports News". OurSports Central. 2009-06-25. http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3849625. Retrieved 2011-03-10. 
  3. ^ Piliere, Frank (2010-08-19). "Full Scouting Report: Manny Banuelos". Fanhouse. http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/08/19/full-scouting-report-manny-banuelos/. 
  4. ^ Manuel, John (2009-12-16). "New York Yankees 2010 top 10 prospects". Baseballamerica.com. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/organization-top-10-prospects/2010/269277.html. Retrieved 2011-08-02. 
  5. ^ Manuel, John (2010-11-10). "New York Yankees 2011 top 10 prospects". Baseballamerica.com. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/organization-top-10-prospects/2011/2610907.html. Retrieved 2011-08-02. 
  6. ^ Hoch, Bryan (2011-01-25). "Trio of Yankees among Top 50 prospects". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110125&content_id=16496362&vkey=news_nyy&c_id=nyy. Retrieved 2011-08-02. 
  7. ^ Hoch, Bryan (2011-03-09). "A fan first, Manny Banuelos living a dream at Yankees camp". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110309&content_id=16888384&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb. Retrieved 2011-03-10. 
  8. ^ Barbarisi, Daniel (2011-03-01). "Rookie Pitchers Manny Banuelos and Dellin Betances Turn Heads in Yankees Camp". Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704615504576172782474368302.html. Retrieved 2011-03-10. 
  9. ^ Marchand, Andrew (2011-03-10). "Spring training 2011: New York Yankees' Mariano Rivera on Manny Banuelos: I like everything about him - ESPN New York". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=6199212. Retrieved 2011-03-10. 
  10. ^ "Manny Banuelos wins 2011 James P. Dawson Award" (Press release). Major League Baseball. 2011-03-29. http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20110329&content_id=17180942&vkey=pr_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy. Retrieved 2011-08-02. 
  11. ^ Nalbone, John (2011-07-31). "Trenton Thunder ace Manny Banuelos is on the move ... to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre". The Star-Ledger. http://www.nj.com/thunder/index.ssf/2011/07/trenton_thunder_ace_manny_banu.html. Retrieved 2011-08-02. 

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Active roster

2 Greg Golson* | 3 Raymond Kruml | 5 Kevin Russo | 8 Jordan Parraz | 10 Brandon Laird* | 12 Doug Bernier | 15 Luis Nuñez | 17 Chris Dickerson* | 19 Logan Kensing | 20 George Kontos | 21 Jesús Montero* | 22 Aaron Laffey* | 23 Kevin Whelan* | 24 D. J. Mitchell | 28 Adam Warren | 31 Josh Schmidt | 35 David Phelps | 37 Mike Lamb | 38 Jorge Vázquez | 40 Andrew Brackman* | 43 Scott Proctor* | 48 Gustavo Molina | 58 Manny Banuelos
Disabled list

3 Dan Brewer | 36 Mark Prior | 39 Eric Wordekemper | 44 P. J. Pilittere | -- Justin Maxwell* | -- Tim Norton
Coaching staff

Manager 11 Dave Miley | Pitching coach 57 Scott Aldred | Coach 4 Frank Menechino | Hitting coach 27 Butch Wynegar
* Member of the 40-man roster of the New York Yankees
# On a rehab assignment