George Steinbrenner was in the house yesterday, having lunch with Yankees employees in the Yankee hitters faced live pitching for the first time, and couldn't have been too happy about going up against Joba Chamberlain. Hitters also got to face Chien-Ming Wang.
Ed Price wrote up on a nice piece in today's Star-Ledger on pitching prospect Mark Melancon (the 'c' is pronounced like a n 's'). Melancon was taken in the 9th round of the 2006 draft that also produced Ian Kennedy and Joba Chamberlain. It will will be interesting to see how the Yankees use Melancon, who had Tommy John surgery in 2006.
Melancon was a starter in high school, but became the all-time saves leader at the University of Arizona after the Wildcats' closer flunked out of school. He's got a 90-94 mph fastball and a nasty, hard (83 mph) curve.
Don Mattingly is enjoying work with his son, Dodgers prospect Preston Mattingly, but this is not a happy time for Donnnie Baseball and his family.
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