I have been waiting to write this one for a while since I am a Yankee fan.  I didn’t like this pick initially.  The one thing I was hoping for was for some quality pitching or a quality infielder.  Since the pitching ranks were severly depleted and the infielders that were first round quality were taken, I guess they changed their draft perspective to outfielders.  I thought Brett Jackson or Kentrail Davis would have been better picks right here, but Heathcott is one of the best all around outfielders in the draft and I can’t be too upset about this pick.  The only knock on Slade is his off the field issues, both parents have been out of the picture for a few years now and he is known to be hot headed.  Hopefully he can work through that while coming up through the minors.

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