Alphonse Dante Bichette

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: September 26, 1992 in Orlando, Florida, US
High Schools: Orangewood Christian HS (Maitland, FL), Orangewood Christian HS (Orlando, FL)

Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (51st) of the 2011 from Orangewood Christian HS (Orlando, FL).

• 5/20 Pinstripe Pundits: Minor league hitters who may be breaking out: Now that minor league teams have several weeks of games under their belts, individual player sample sizes are becoming something...
• 5/1 RoxPile: Morning Links: Rockies News 5/1: The Colorado Rockies play the final game of a tough road trip tonight in Los Angeles against the Dodgers. After a decisive win...
• 5/1 Nolan Writin': Texas Rangers April Farm Report: With April wrapping up, it’s time to look back at the standouts, both positive and negative, through the first month of...

• 4/28 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: How Good Can Nolan Arenado be at Coors Field?: The Colorado Rockies made a move over the weekend that has some nice fantasy implications. They Designated Chris Nelson for More......
• 4/26 RoxPile: Colorado Rockies Power Rankings: Week Of 4/26/13: The Colorado Rockies are in Arizona playing the Diamondbacks this weekend. They then continue their road trip in Los Angeles against...
• 4/25 Bleeding Yankee Blue: MASON WILLIAMS WILL TURN HIS DUI INTO A POSITIVE: I'm not God, I'm a father.  I don't like drunk driving.  I also believe in bettering one's self and shooting for...
• 4/6 RoxPile: Weekend Links: Rockies News, 4/6: The Rockies made it three straight with a 5-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday afternoon. They continue their first...
• 4/5 Bronx Baseball Daily: The 2016 All-Home-Grown Yankees: Just for fun, I am going to play out a fantastical scenario on paper since I am a confessed prospect hugger. As of right now,...
• 4/5 Chicken Friars: Scouting The Opponent: Colorado Rockies: Every series, we at Chicken Friars will ask the editor of  the FanSided team the Padres are playing some questions. We call this...
• 4/4 Through The Fence Baseball: Colorado Rockies take opening series; blast eight home runs: The Colorado Rockies opened up their 2013 season with an encouraging series win over the Milwaukee Brewers. The Brew Crew may...
• 4/3 RoxPile: With A Little Luck, Rockies Defeat Brewers: No Major League Baseball team will ever have to apologize for winning a game in which a little bit of luck was on their side....
• 4/1 Bronx Baseball Daily: 2013 Preview: Charleston RiverDogs: The Charleston RiverDogs announced their opening day roster today, so they will be profiled here instead of the Tampa Yankees....

• 3/22 Billy-Ball.com: The Rockies’ Dante Bichette coaches the kids (video): Another good promo from the Colorado marketing team using coach Dante Bichette who preaches, “Use it, before you lose it!”...
• 3/8 Yankees Fans Unite: Prospect Predictions: 2013 Edition: With spring training under way and a pretty good view of what’s to come, let’s get into a little fortune telling for...

• 2/25 RoxPile: Rockies Split First Two Cactus League Games: The Colorado Rockies played against their Talking Stick at Salt River Fields roommates twice over the weekend. They defeated the...
• 2/17 RoxPile: Chris Volstad’s Mistake: ‘Hitting The Gym’: Chris Volstad reports to the Colorado Rockies this spring with a chip on his shoulder. A former first round pick and an intimidating...
• 2/12 Bleeding Yankee Blue: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: CITO CULVER: You know us here at Bleeding Yankee Blue.  We try and bring you the stories and opinion that you may not see elsewhere. ...
• 2/8 Talkin Sox with Dan: Where Are They Now?: This is a blog that is driven by the present, the here and now. We look at what the Red Sox are doing off of the field and try...
• 2/7 YankeeAnalysts.com: Dante Bichette Jr’s Swing: Prospect season has arrived, and on Tuesday, Keith Law revealed his top 100 prospects for 2013. The Yankees fared well, with...
• 2/3 BronxPinstripes.com: Yankee Super Bowl Picks: The wait is over.  ESPN’s two-week orgy of analysis is mercifully done and we can finally watch the Ravens and the 49ers...
• 2/3 Bronx Baseball Daily: Prospects most likely to break the top 100 this season: MILB.com just released their top 100 prospects, and three Yankees are on it; Gary Sanchez, Mason Williams, and Tyler Austin....

• 1/25 Bleeding Yankee Blue: MY YANKEES: AIMING TO WIN IN 2014: It’s about the kids and saving money. That's what the Yankees are now. They have made their statement. They have ignored...

• 12/19 RoxPile: A Letter to Santa: Dear Santa, I have to admit, my belief in you is wavering. And it doesn’t really have anything to do with the whole, How...
• 12/13 MLB Injury News: Rockies Star Troy Tulowitzki at 98% Recovered: The Colorado Rockies roster boasts of not one, but two of the elite players in the National League.  2012, however, saw one...
• 12/11 RoxPile: The Pitching Heavy NL West And The Dilemma For The Rockies: The National League West is largely regarded as a pitching-heavy division, and rightfully so. Even with two decidedly hitter friendly...

• 11/29 RoxPile: Larry Walker On Hall Of Fame Ballot For Third Time: The days of the Blake Street Bombers seem to fade in and out of the collective memory of those who follow the Colorado Rockies....
• 11/21 WasWatching: Well, That Only Took About 2,000 Days (Give Or Take): Andrew Brackman, who the Yankees took with their #1 draft pick in 2007, is now a minor league free agent looking for a place to...
• 11/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rockies | Dante Bichette named hitting instructorThe Colorado Rockies named Dante Bichette their new hitting instructor Tuesday, Nov. 13....[+] The Colorado Rockies named Dante Bichette their new hitting instructor Tuesday, Nov. 13.
• 11/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rockies | Dante Bichette not interested in coaching: Former Colorado Rockies OF Dante Bichette told the team that he was not interested in interviewing to become their next hitting...[+] coach.

• 10/18 Baseball News Source: Bronx to the Beach – How Likely is an A-Rod Trade ?: Is A-Rod’s time with Yankees coming to a end? It’s amazing what happens when you flirt with someone during a baseball...

• 9/21 Yankees Fans Unite: Prospect Profile: 2B Angelo Gumbs: Vitals: 6′ 1″ 185 lbs. Bats/Throws R/R  Born 10/13/92 2010 2nd round draft pick Numbers: Gumbs made his brief debut...
• 9/18 It's About the Money (Stupid): Looking back at the 2012 Charleston RiverDogs:   When the 2012 season was getting ready to begin Charleston looked like the team to watch, as their roster was full of...
• 9/1 StanGraphs: Cardboard Chronicles: The Grand Return: My history with baseball cards is a history that was once passionate and now rests lovingly in the recesses of my memory, but...

• 8/28 Baseball Musings: The Castro Regime: The Cubs decided to keep Starlin Castros around for the next seven years: Financial details of the contract were not disclosed...
• 8/3 It's About the Money (Stupid): Who’s Not: Minor League July Edition:   Just like there were some great performances to choose from, there were some real stinkers in July. There are some new...

• 7/31 Bronx Baseball Daily: Rumor: Dempster would not veto trade to Yankees: Ryan Dempster to the Yankees seems like it could be gaining steam and the biggest hurdle involved might be his no trade rights...
• 7/15 Call to the Pen: Brewers Need To Make Tough Choice On Greinke: We are a little more than 2 weeks out from the July 31st non-waiver trade deadline, and there are many teams with many tough decisions...
• 7/13 YankeeAnalysts.com: With Hensley signed, a review of first round picks and expectations: Late last night, the Yankees and first round pick Ty Hensley agreed to a deal. Both Kevin Goldstein and Jim Callis thought getting...
• 7/3 Through The Fence Baseball: In the Rockpile: Fans get it right, Carlos Gonzalez an All-Star: While the Colorado Rockies season continues their agonizingly slow tailspin towards September, Carlos Gonzalez’s All-Star selection...

• 6/29 Yankees Fans Unite: Minor Night Cap: SWB wins big: SWB W 11-4 DH – Jack Cust – 2R, 1H (3-Run Homer), 3RBI, 1BB, 3K, .267 OF – Ronnier Mustelier – 2R, 1H...
• 6/26 Yankees Fans Unite: Minor Night Cap: Corban Joseph with three doubles and Mitchell w/ strong outing: SWB W 3-1 DH – Russell Branyan – 1H, 2RBI, 2K, .299 2B – Corban Joseph – 1R, 3H (3 – Doubles), ...
• 6/26 Yankees Fans Unite: Minor Night Cap: Mason Willaims earns player of the week, Slade Heathcott returns: SWB L 9-8 Chris Dickerson has 1 run, 2 hits and a walk. Corban Joseph – 2R, 1H, 3BB Russell Branyan – 1R, 2H (2-Run...
• 6/22 Bronx Baseball Daily: Video: Bill Murray owns a Yankees minor league team: The Yankees Low-A Charleston RiverDogs team is amazing. They have a number of the team’s top prospects including Mason...
• 6/18 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: June 18: Top stories Griffey Sr. getting feet wet in managing: Last year at 60 years old, Ken Griffey Sr. decided to try his hand at managing...
• 6/6 Bronx Baseball Daily: How to raise a prospect: There are many out there who question the Yankees methods in their advancement, instruction, and mentoring of prospects as...
• 6/5 It's About the Money (Stupid): Getting to know Yankees’ first round pick Ty Hensley: As the first round of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft wound down, the Yankees were finally able to make their pick.  It...
• 6/5 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees Prospect Profile: Angelo Gumbs: Another scouting profile brought to you by Dayne Huber. It’s his first crack at a position player, and he did a great...
• 6/4 It's About the Money (Stupid): May Prospect of the Month: Mark Montgomery: Last month, Charleston outfielder Tyler Austin was the run away choice for our Prospect of the Month feature. This month,...
• 6/2 Bronx Baseball Daily: BBD’s Yankees Top 50 prospects: 2012 pre-draft edition: Bronx Baseball Daily has never published a top prospects list before, but now felt like a good time to start. 2012 has been...

• 5/30 YankeeAnalysts.com: The Future at Third: Alex Rodriguez is having a nice month of May. Though the 36-year-old slugger has just three home runs since May first, he has...
• 5/16 FanSided: Yankees Minor League Report: May 16, 2012: Each Wednesday, we'll provide a predominately notebook style review of what's happening in the Yankees minor league system. [caption...
• 5/16 Bronx Baseball Daily: If Phillies become sellers, the Yankees should “buy” on Hamels: Ruben Amaro had this to say to CSN Philadelphia after being swept by the New York Mets: “July is so far ahead,” Amaro...
• 5/15 YankeeAnalysts.com: Angelo Gumbs: turning tools into production: Angelo Gumbs has always been one of a favorite Yankee prospect among the TYA staff, and not only because of his dynamic athletic...
• 5/3 It's About the Money (Stupid): April Prospect of the Month: Tyler Austin: The upper ranks of the Yankees' top prospect lists drew a lot of attention over the offseason. From stalwarts like Manny Banuelos...

• 4/25 Yankees Fans Unite: Charleston Wins behind strong outing from Bryan Mitchell & HR’s from Austin, Williams, Feliz: Charleston River Dogs W 9-4 PTF Dante Bichette Jr. – 1BB, 1K, .254 Mason Williams – 2R, 4H (double, solo homer), 1RBI,...
• 4/24 NY Baseball Digest: Mason Williams Leading Stacked Charleston Squad: You almost have to be my age – nearly 48 years since my Bar Mitzvah – to remember a Yankees outfielder at the end of career...
• 4/23 It's About the Money (Stupid): Scouting Charleston: ESPN's Keith Law was at Charleston's game this past Friday night, and he passed along some observations about some of the...
• 4/21 It's About the Money (Stupid): The Farm Report: 4/21/2012: The big news of the day, other than Michael Pineda's setback, is that Andy Pettitte will make his next start Wednesday for Double-A...
• 4/4 NY Baseball Digest: Adams Hopes to Stay Healthy, Return to Form in 2012: TRENTON, N.J – Back in 2010, David Adams’ career was on the fast track. Grabbed by the Yankees in the third round of the 2008...
• 4/4 YankeeAnalysts.com: Rising revenues and colossal contracts: How will they impact the Yankees?: The recently announced mega-extensions of Matt Cain and Joey Votto sent a bit of a shockwave through the conventional wisdom surrounding...
• 4/3 Yankees Fans Unite: Prospects to Follow 2012: When the minor league season starts this year our article every night, “Minor Night Cap” will of course show the wins...
• 4/3 YankeeAnalysts.com: Nightly Links: Kuroda, Trenton, Haikus: Interesting game shaping up in Miami tonight. The game began with Robinson Cano striking out and then being called out for interference,...
• 4/1 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY THE YANKEES WON, BUT LOSE PINEDA TO DL: Today was an 8 inning game because of rain... that being said, the Yankees won beating the Astros and Raul Ibanez was apart of...

• 3/31 YankeeAnalysts.com: Prospects who could move fast in 2012: The rosters for the Yankees’ full-season affiliates have been posted, courtesy of The Trentonian’s Josh Norris, and...
• 3/30 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Jamey Wright, Los Angeles Dodger: As we’ve expected basically from the beginning of camp, Ned Colletti has informed Jamey Wright that he’ll be heading...
• 3/20 It's About the Money (Stupid): Jennnings: Sanchez likely to be assigned to Charleston, Santana healing quickly: Chad Jennings had an interesting post yesterday, passing along some notes from minor league camp as well as some quote from...
• 3/20 Bronx Baseball Daily: Some Yankees minor league notes: Yesterday was an off-day in the Yankees big league camp so Chad Jennings of the Journal News headed over to the minor league...
• 3/9 YankeeAnalysts.com: Questions for the Yankees’ top prospects: Part 2: Dante Bichette: Defense Around the time of the draft, Bichette was considered a bat-only prospect with plus raw power but a funky...

• 2/28 YankeeAnalysts.com: Searching Off the Radar for Prospect Value: There’s plenty to get excited about at the top of the Yankees prospect food chain right now. They have a small group of players...
• 2/27 It's About the Money (Stupid): The IIATMS Top 30 Prospects: It's been an interesting winter for the Yankees' farm system. The team traded away Jesus Montero, who's been the organization's...
• 2/24 YankeeAnalysts.com: More prospect lists released: Prospect Week is nearly here, and the Internets have been kind enough to share some more assessments of the Yankee farm system...
• 2/23 YankeeAnalysts.com: Standardizing The Top Yankee Prospects: (The following is being syndicated from An A-Blog for A-Rod) One of the best things about the end of offseason/beginning of Spring...
• 2/15 YankeeAnalysts.com: The Forgotten Man: So Jesus Montero is gone and so Gary Sanchez had his ups and downs in 2011, so we start talking about the incredible Mason Williams....
• 2/15 MLB Dirt: 2012 New York Yankees Top 16 Prospects: The New York Yankees seem to always be a team that is over-ranked by its own fans every year but the fans have been pretty dead...
• 2/15 YankeeAnalysts.com: Nightly Links: Burnett, Soler, Kuroda, Noesi: More A.J. Burnett rumors today! One issue that Yankees have with the current demands, are that the prospects they would receive...
• 2/13 Yankees Fans Unite: S2S 2012 Team Prospect Lists: New York Yankees: This article is being syndicated from our friends over at Seedlings to Stars.  I will provide some of the article and at the...
• 2/10 YankeeAnalysts.com: Nightly Links: Burnett, Bichette, Pineda: The big news today surrounded a possible trade of AJ Burnett to the Pirates. The latest rumors have the Pirates willing to take...
• 2/5 Tyler's Think Tank: Coors Field Benefactors: It's no secret that Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies since 1995, has been one of the best hitter's parks over the past...
• 2/2 YankeeAnalysts.com: Laying The Groundwork For The Next Core Four (Or Five, Or Three): (The following is being syndicated from An A-Blog for A-Rod) If you haven’t checked out Chad Jennings’ interview with...

• 1/28 Yankees Fans Unite: An interview with Seedlings 2 Stars: Our friends over at Seedlings 2 Stars were kind enough to answer a couple questions about the 2012 Prospect list they put out. ...
• 1/23 Ramblings of Baseball: What To Wear XVII: Colorado Rockies I’m more than halfway through the teams, and though I’ve chosen one jersey of an active player so far, none...
• 1/19 YankeeAnalysts.com: Charleston looks loaded for 2012: There has been and likely will continue to be a lot of great discussion surrounding the merits of the recent Michael Pineda-Jesus...
• 1/19 YankeeAnalysts.com: Jim Callis of BA on Yankee Prospects: The It’s About the Money blog scored a great interview with Baseball America’s Jim Callis. I recommend reading the...
• 1/17 Bronx Baseball Daily: Read: Beyond the Box Score’s Top 12 Yankees Prospects: Here is the latest post ranking the top Yankees prospects and the first one that doesn’t have Jesus Montero‘s...
• 1/10 Yankees Fans Unite: Top 100 Prospect Snubs: AL East: This article is being syndicated from Seedlings 2 Stars….. Earlier this week, I concluded the writeups for our pre-2012...
• 1/8 Yankees Fans Unite: Top 100 Prospect Snubs: AL East: This article is being syndicated from Seedlings 2 Stars….. Earlier this week, I concluded the writeups for our pre-2012...
• 1/7 Tyler's Think Tank: Questionable Baseball MVPs 1990-1999: 1999 AL Ivan Rodriguez over Pedro Martinez Pudge's career year netted the Texas Rangers their third MVP in four years, but...
• 1/6 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees Top 20 Prospects from John Sickels: John Sickels of SB Nation actually does one of my favorite prospect rankings only because he grades the prospects on an A/B/C...
• 1/5 YankeeAnalysts.com: Baseball America on the Yankee farm: ‘Tis the season for prospect lists, and yesterday Baseball America posted their top 10 list of Yankee farmhands.  Subscribers...
• 1/2 Yankees Daily: John Sickels’ Top 20 Yankees Prospects of 2012: John Sickels of SB Nation published his list of the top 20 Yankees prospects over the weekend. He has Jesus Montero as his number...

• 12/30 Yankees Daily: Bichette and Williams among special Yankee Prospects: **** Friends. What great news it is to hear that the Yankees have one of the best minor league organizations in baseball. They’re...
• 12/24 High Heat Stats: The best and worst value among batters in 1998 using $WAR: Matt Stairs, one of the most productivebatters of 1998 / Icon SMIHere are the players who produced the most and least value...
• 12/24 Through The Fence Baseball: In the Rockpile: A Rockies Christmas wish list: With Christmas Eve upon us, I would like to offer readers my Rockies Christmas wish list for 2012. Luckily, part of my intended...
• 12/22 It's About the Money (Stupid): Baseball America ranks the top 10 Yankee prospects: Baseball America is scheduled to release their list of the top ten prospect in the Yankees' organization January 4th, but the...
• 12/21 Bronx Baseball Daily: Baseball America’s Top 10 Yankees Prospects Pre-2012: It’s still not due out for another week or two, but Baseball America’s list of the top 10 Yankees prospects was...
• 12/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Trip to the farm: Overview of the Yankees’ top prospects:   In its most recent heyday, the Yankees farm system produced the likes of Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada and Mariano...
• 12/2 YankeeAnalysts.com: Bullpen Banter on the Yankee farm: As many of our readers know, we here at TYA tend to follow the Yankee farm system very closely, since it is often the source of...

• 11/22 YankeeAnalysts.com: Phil Hughes And The Hard Lesson Of Prospect Hugging: (The following is being syndicated from An A-Blog for A-Rod) I’m usually pretty good about letting things go when it comes...

• 10/20 YankeeAnalysts.com: Baseball America on the 2011 Yankee Draft: Baseball America posted their 2011 Draft Report Cards today, and the Yankee report (subscriber-only) has some nice info on some...

• 9/23 B-R Blog: Finally 40 homers means something again: It appears than only two players--Jose Bautista and Curtis Granderson--will hit 40 home runs this season. Two other players--Albert...
• 9/21 It's About the Money (Stupid): Three GCL Yankees make Baseball America’s top 20 GCL prospect list: After wrapping up a very successful GCL season, three Yankees got some acknowledgement from Baseball America recently. Dante ...
• 9/20 YankeeAnalysts.com: Baseball America’s Top 20 Prospect List: Baseball America came out with its top 20 Gulf Coast League prospect list today and 3 Yankees were featured on it. Dante Bichette...
• 9/16 YankeeAnalysts.com: Fall 2011 Top 30 Yankees Prospect List: The minor league season is over. After a 2010 season that saw breakout performance after breakout performance, the 2011 season...
• 9/13 It's About the Money (Stupid): Dante Bichette Jr. named GCL MVP: Via Chad Jennings, Dante Bichette Jr., the Yankees' top pick in the 2011 Rule IV draft, has been named MVP of the rookie level...

• 8/16 It's About the Money (Stupid): A word on the Yankees’ draft strategy: Back in June, a lot of people were upset by the selection of Dante Bichette Jr. by the Yankees with their first pick in the...
• 8/16 YankeeAnalysts.com: Initial Yankee draftee signing roundup: I am not a prospect expert by any stretch, but unfortunately our writers who can speak to this sort of thing are all currently...
• 8/10 mlbcoverage.com: 2011 MLB First Round Selections: Early Performers: There were sixty (60) players drafted in the first round and supplemental round combined in the 2011 MLB draft. Twenty-three (23)...

• 7/28 YankeeAnalysts.com: Minor League Update: Not having done this in awhile, I put together some lists you all might find interesting to look at. Hitters this time, pitchers...

• 6/27 MLBTradeRumors: When Teams Prefer Type Bs: What do Kevin Correia, Octavio Dotel, Brad Hawpe, Orlando Hudson, Chad Qualls, and Javier Vazquez have in common?  They were...