Source: itsaboutthemoney.net --- Sunday, November 20, 2016
Last week, Baseball America's podcast the top Yankee prospects . If you're looking to feel good about the future of the Yankees, it's worth listening to in full. Here are my takeaways: Ten top-100 prospects: Josh Norris might rank ten Yankees in the top-100. The others agreed that at least the top eight Yankee prospects are top-100-worthy, with Dustin Fowler and Domingo Acevedo in the top-150. This was before the Yankees acquired Abreu from the Astros for Brian McCann. Gleyber Torres top-5 or top-10: Everyone had great things to say about Gleyber Torres, youngest ever AzFL MVP . Norris compared his toolset to Javier Baez, noting how easily he adjusted when asked to play a few games at second base in Arizona. It sounds like he will definitely end up in the top-10 in all of Baseball on their list, and possibly top-5. Huge depth: The Yankees may have the deepest top-30 in Baseball. Norris said there are about 50 legitimate top-30 type prospects in the systems. Players like Estevan Florial, who grades out at 70 arm/power/speed, might be somewhere in the late-teens or low-20s; in good farm systems, they would sit at 8-10. They are deep both in the high minors, with players like Tyler Wade, Jordan Montgomery, Dietrich Enns, and Kyle Higashioka, and lower down. Best Since 1995: Asked when the last time the Yankees had a farm system this stacked, they agreed that you have to go back to 1995. That list had Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, Mar ...
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