WHY THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR A MATTINGLY

In case you live under a rock, Don Mattingly’s son, 24 year old Preston Mattingly has signed a minor league deal with the New York Yankees. This was tweeted by Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus HERE. I know, Preston’s not Donnie, but he is his son and that alone gets me very excited about him playing for the Yankees. I love minor league signings, especially if they become major league signings one day, meaning, I hope Preston has a lot to offer and the Yankees call him up to the Bigs one day. (In Photo: Preston Mattingly)
It’s highly unlikely that it will happen in 2012 though, after all, according to Marc Carig of the Star Ledger (Read HERE), Preston hasn’t played higher that Class A ball. That being said, never say never, maybe playing in the Yankees farm system lights a fire under his ass. No doubt though, it’s a treat to have another Mattingly in the Yankees system…maybe some of that fatherly talent rubs off on the kid.

Preston is a second baseman and outfielder. His minor league career has been 6 seasons playing for the Indians and the Dodgers minor league teams. He has a .232 average in that time. Carig also brings up another tid-bit you may not know… he writes:

“It is the second time one of Mattingly’s sons landed with the Yankees, who drafted his oldest son Taylor in the 42^nd round of the 2003 draft. He played just 24 games for the organization.”

(In Photo: Taylor Mattingly)

Hey, who knows, maybe Preston does well, one can only hope, I guess. We hope to bring you more on Preston Mattingly later in the week. Look for it here at Bleeding Yankee Blue.

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