News and notes:

 9 Current and former Yankees were taken in the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft.Current Yankees Tom Hickman and Cedric Hunter have already signed, as has Georgia Southern standout Dustin Evans.

 

  Tom Hickman     2nd Round      Florida Marlins
  Dustin Evans      2nd Round      Atlanta Braves
  Cedric Hunter     3rd Round       San Diego
  Blake Wood       3rd Round       Kansas City
  Whit Robbins     4th Round       Minnesota
  Tim Gustafson    9th Round       Atlanta
  John Hester        13th Round     Arizona
  Jef Kindel           14th Round     Colorado
  John Goodman    45th Round    St. Louis

 

Gordon Beckham (U of Georgia) has been selected to the 2006 Freshman All-American team.

Steven Blackwood (Georgia Tech) was selected as Academic All American.

Micah Owings has been called up from AA to AAA Tucson for the Diamondbacks, and in his first AAA start threw 6 scoreless innings.