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RiverDogs land three top-10 Yankees prospects

Three of the top-ten prospects in the New York Yankees organization, as well as six returning players from last season, will highlight the opening day roster for the 2006 Charleston RiverDogs, the Yankees announced Sunday. Highly-touted outfielders Jose Tabata and Austin Jackson, in addition to young shortstop C.J. Henry, will begin the season in Charleston. The 17-year-old Tabata, ranked by Baseball America as the third-best prospect and the "Best Hitter for Average" in the Yankees organization, batted .314 and stole 22 bases as he helped lead the Gulf Coast League (GCL) Yankees to a championship last summer. Jackson, a 19-year-old eighth-round draft choice by the Yankees in 2005, will likely patrol centerfield for the RiverDogs this season. Ranked as the fifth-best prospect in the organization by Baseball America, Jackson hit. 304 and did not commit an error in 40 games for the GCL Yanks last summer. Henry, the Yankees first-round draft choice last June, Was named the fourth-best prospect and the "Best Athlete" among all Yankee farmhands by Baseball America. The 19-year-old, who stole 17 bases in 48 games in the - More available

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