Dellin Betances, RHP, Grade B+: 3.57 ERA with 103/53 K/BB in 93 innings for Double-A Trenton, 75 hits, 1.32 GO/AO. Looks fine to me with a few more control adjustments.

Manny Banuelos, LHP, Grade B: 3.59 ERA with 102/55 K/BB in 100 innings between 20 starts for Trenton and one for Scranton, 101 hits allowed. Like Betances, he could use more Triple-A time to refine his command but his stock remains high with me.

It reminds one of another triad of “can’t miss” NYY SP prospects just a few short years ago. Weren’t their names Kennedy, Hughes, and “Jobber”? Let’s see. It seems that Hughes is trying to stake his claim to the #6 SP in the Yankees rotation. (He will have to fight off Freddy Garcia for that honor). Jobber is out, of course, with TJ surgery. But when he plays, he is one heck of a middle reliever. Kennedy is a Cy Young candidate. Pitching in the desert of Arizona.

Then came the three (3) “Killer B’s”. Now there are only two (2)? No, I absolutely do not see a pattern of over-hyped prospects here. Not at all.

Andrew “The Scranton Horror” Brackman, RHP, Grade B-: 7.26 ERA with 58/69 K/BB in 76 innings for Scranton, 71 hits allowed. He is hounded by abominable, eldritch control problems, like insane flute music pulsating with a mind-bending disharmony of universal, ultimate chaos. Those who ruminate overmuch on the chthonic mysteries of Andrew Brackman’s career put their sanity at risk, as their mental boundaries melt under the hideous assault of such an unspeakable waste of talent and money. Ia! Shub-Niggurath! Ia! Ia! The Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Walks!