Jason Grey provided two scouting reports in his blog last Friday that should interest Yankees fans:

• The Yankees’ Andrew Brackman, the last pick of the first round in 2007, finally made his professional debut after undergoing Tommy John surgery, and showed some great raw stuff. The Yankees knew what they were doing, drafting him even though they knew he was likely to have the surgery. The big, 6-foot-10 righty is hitting a consistent 95-96 mph with arm-side run, and pairing it with an 85-89 mph straight change. He is also throwing two curveballs into the mix; a high-70s knuckle curve that profiles as a plus pitch, and a high-60s slow curve. If you ever saw Zack Greinke’s slow curve a few years ago before he dropped it from his repertoire, you’ll get the idea. Brackman doesn’t use the slow curve often, but will throw it on occasion to keep batters off-balance. He’s still battling his mechanics, keeping his delivery too closed at times, and is having the predictable command issues that occur after a ligament replacement in the elbow, but the important thing is his raw stuff has come back, and the 22-year-old could start moving quickly next season. He profiles as a potential front line starter.

• The Yankees had another first-round pitcher there as well in Jeremy Bleich, a 21-year-old lefty from Stanford, who was a supplemental first-round pick this June. His fastball was clocked between 88 and 91 mph with easy arm action, and he coupled it with a potential plus pitch in an upper 70s curveball. Though he has a changeup, he put it in his back pocket for his first outing. He had some command issues, leaving the ball up in the strike zone way too much, but if nothing else he profiles as a solid bullpen arm in the big leagues, and perhaps more if he can find more consistent command.

Brackman and Bleich…
…will they be the next Mark Hutton and Kevin Mmahat? Or…
…will they be the next Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte?

Round and round she goes…where she stops…nobody knows!