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Wednesday 6 December 2017

Thoughts on Baseball America’s top ten Yankees prospects

Source: riveraveblues.com --- Tuesday, December 05, 2017
Guzman. (MLB.com) Now that we’re a month into the offseason, Baseball America has started their annual look at the top ten prospects in each farm system. They hit on the Yankees yesterday . The list and system overview is free for all. The scouting reports and the chat are not, however. They’re behind the paywall. There are no big surprises in the top ten. The top few spots are as expected — at least the names are as expected, we can quibble about the order until we’re blue in the face — before dipping into the plethora of power arms in the system. Here’s the top ten: SS Gleyber Torres OF Estevan Florial LHP Justus Sheffield RHP Chance Adams 3B Miguel Andujar RHP Albert Abreu RHP Jorge Guzman RHP Luis Medina SS Thairo Estrada RHP Domingo Acevedo Quick reminder: OF Clint Frazier is no longer prospect eligible. That’s why he’s not in the top ten. He exceeded the rookie limit by four at-bats this year. Anyway, nice to see my main man Thairo get some top ten love. It’s been fun to watch him climb from sleeper to 40-man roster player. I have some thoughts on the top ten, so let’s get to them. 1. This is a pitching system now. I mentioned this as part of the Baseball Prospectus top ten write-up and it is worth repeating. The Yankees are loaded with pitching now. A year ago at this time they were a position player heavy farm system and hey, that’s great. I’d rather build around bats long-term than arms. Now though, the farm system is f ...



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