The Yankees like John Danks and the White Sox like many Yankees prospects, particularly Austin Romine. However, Danks is a free agent after 2012 and the Yankees are reluctant to over-spend on a pitcher they’ll have for just one year.
Romine got 20 PAs with the Yankees in 2011. Here are his minor-league stats:
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Lev | Aff | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 18 | Yankees | GULF | Rk | NYY | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .667 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 19 | Charleston | SALL | A | NYY | 104 | 436 | 407 | 66 | 122 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 56 | .300 | .344 | .437 | .781 | 178 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 20 | Tampa | FLOR | A+ | NYY | 118 | 481 | 442 | 61 | 122 | 28 | 3 | 13 | 72 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 78 | .276 | .322 | .441 | .763 | 195 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 2010 | 21 | Trenton | EL | AA | NYY | 115 | 497 | 455 | 61 | 122 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 94 | .268 | .324 | .402 | .726 | 183 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2011 | 22 | 2 Teams | 2 Lgs | AA-AAA | NYY | 89 | 388 | 351 | 44 | 98 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 63 | .279 | .343 | .368 | .710 | 129 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2011 | 22 | Trenton | EL | AA | NYY | 85 | 373 | 336 | 43 | 96 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 60 | .286 | .351 | .378 | .729 | 127 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2011 | 22 | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre | IL | AAA | NYY | 4 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 Seasons | 427 | 1805 | 1657 | 234 | 465 | 97 | 4 | 39 | 239 | 18 | 7 | 124 | 292 | .281 | .333 | .415 | .748 | 687 | 41 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |||||
| AA (2 seasons) | AA | 200 | 870 | 791 | 104 | 218 | 44 | 0 | 16 | 116 | 4 | 2 | 69 | 154 | .276 | .336 | .392 | .728 | 310 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||||
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 11/19/2011.
If Kenny trades John Danks he better ask for someone with a career minor-league OBP higher than .333. A higher ISOP [ISOP=SLG-BA] too.
