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Cito Culver
Topic Started: Jun 7 2010, 10:49 PM (37 Views)
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Derek Jeter has to retire eventually and the Yankees added Cito Culver to their mix, albeit as a significant long shot, of possible replacements last night by taking the strong-armed high schooler with the final pick of the first round MLB’s first-year player draft.

Taking Culver with the 32nd overall pick was also the start of the process of the Yankees restocking a farm system that took a few hits last offseason with the acquisitions of Javier Vazquez and Curtis Granderson.

The Yankees next pick will take place today in the second round as they have the 82nd selection overall.

The 6-2, 175-pound Culver, from West Irondequoit High School in Rochester is a switch-hitter who was projected to go between the fourth and sixth rounds by Baseball America. He’s committed to play at the University of Maryland.

Culver rated out as an average hitter but what got scouts’ attention was his arm, one that reportedly could hit 94-mph on the radar gun. But, according to Baseball America, which had Culver rated No. 168 overall, the shortstop “has no interest in pitching.”

Culver, who also played basketball in high school, showed exceptional range in the field but his actual fielding abilities, in terms of consistency, have been questioned.

The Yankees’ farm system, which has steadily gotten deeper in recent years with general manager Brian Cashman loath to deal away top prospects, lost pitching prospects Arodys Vizcaino and Mike Dunn in the Vazquez deal and Austin Jackson and Ian Kennedy in the three-team deal that landed Granderson in New York.


Saw it on the ticker and he failed the name test. And this just gets me smirking more. Take a bad fielding shortstop who is considered an average hitter who might be able to pitch, but has no interest in pitching and probably doesn't have pitcher skills. It's like the early 2000s again with the "Who the f*ck? ... Well, why?" picks. Jon Poterson II here.
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