2019 Yankees Prospects Thread

[Meh]

Who are you looking forward to following this year?

 

Anyone have their own top prospects list?

 

 

I'm looking forward to seeing a healthy Schmidt, if Whitlock can sustain that level of success (Not saying he'll be an ace), and if Peteira can take that step into top prospect status.

 

My prediction is Loaisiga, Abreu, and Acevedo are traded this year. Every one is high on Garcia too, but I will say Medina shines again in 2019. We may not have a top system anymore, but we have a lot of guys who can take a step forward and make us a top 10 system by the end of the year. I'm excited having two first round picks. Hopefully Cashman can keep working his magic by tradeing for more IFA money. I think Cessa could be worth a million of that to someone like the O's or M's.

[bkzwhitestrican]

I'm looking forward to seeing Mike King. I think he could be this year's Jordan Montgomery.

 

Also want to see how Florial looks this year after recovering from injury and spending a full year in AA, seeing Schmidt unleashed as you said, the development of all our young high ceiling arms (Deivi Garcia, Roansy Contreras, Medina, Acevedo, Abreu), and also our two catchers that we drafted 1 & 2 last year.

[jacksonianmarch]

Have had far less time this offseason than last, so I didn't put my own list together. The guy I am really interested in and one I think will be a top 100 prospect is Antonio Cabello. Played the whole year as a 17 year old and spent pretty much the whole year in America in the GCL. He showed power, speed, good defense, an eye and good contact especially for not being old enough to vote (he is a DR kid, so he couldn't anyway, but I digress).

[jacksonianmarch]

Clarke Schmidt threw 5 perfect innings with 9 strikeouts in his debut two days ago.

 

Deivi Garcia got touched up a bit in his debut, giving up 4 runs in 3.1IP, although 9 of the 10 outs he recorded were by the K.

 

Sauer allowed 0ER in his 4IP long season debut with 4K

 

Roansy Conteras was dominant in his 5IP 1ER debut with 6K and 0BB

[jacksonianmarch]

Dermis Garcia is coming on in a league where power is suppressed. 10 EBH, 6HR in 17 games with a .980OPS and a .313 BA. The kid can crush and he just turned 21. If he keeps this up, he'll be in AA soon

[Carpin]

Dermis Garcia is coming on in a league where power is suppressed. 10 EBH, 6HR in 17 games with a .980OPS and a .313 BA. The kid can crush and he just turned 21. If he keeps this up, he'll be in AA soon

 

How good is his defense?

[jacksonianmarch]

How good is his defense?

 

He's mostly a 1B now, so who knows. I know he was initially a SS, then a 3B. My assumption is he can cut it there, but I don't know for sure

[bkzwhitestrican]

He has a huge arm but I'm pretty sure his fielding is even worse than Andujar's from what I've read.

[Carpin]

I've been reading a little about this guy, they are trying to convert him in a two way player (Othani), he should have a good arm.

 

By the way, I was surprised he isn't in the top 30 prospect list (for the yankees) in mlb.com

[jacksonianmarch]

Florial returns from the IL going 2 for 4 with a tater

[Meh]

Have you heard any updates on Schmidt or King?

 

The system is solid right now. Gil is having an excellent year.

[jacksonianmarch]

Radio silence on both. Not good

[jacksonianmarch]

Some updates and rankings (from scout)

 

1. Estevan Florial- broke his wrist and came back 9 games ago. Currently OPS'ing .758 in A+ ball as a 21 yr old with 3 steals. Too early to tell anything

2. Jonathan Loaisiga- shoulder fatigue put him on the DL in May. Hasn't returned

3. Clarke Schmidt- was showing high K stuff, although his BAA and walk rates weren't as great as expected. Has been on the shelf for 3 weeks with an undisclosed injury

4. Roansy Contreras- 19 yr old in long season A ball holding his own. 1.17WHIP, 3-1 K-BB ratio. 3 or less ER in all but one start. He is rising

5. Albert Abreu- 23 yr old with fire in his arm. Walks too much, but much better over last 3 starts (5 in 16IP). Good K rate. Starting to show his ability. Holding

6. Luis Medina- 20 yr old just had his second start of the year where he walked less than his innings thrown. Not kidding. 43BB in 40IP. He is a project with major stuff, but probably needs to go to the pen. Dropping like a stone

7. Luis Gil- 21 yr old (just turned last week) stolen from the Twins for Jake Cave. 73K in 54IP. Walks too many, but nobody hit him (.176AVG). He is dominating long season in his first taste. Tampa soon. Rocketing up the system

8. Antonio Cabello- to debut soon in SS

9. Nick Nelson- missed 2 months due to injury. Too early to tell whether he will recover prospect status.

10. Deivi Garcia- 20 yr old in Trenton, putting up insane K numbers (52 in 36IP), but walks are a problem. This is surprising since he was so good at limiting them last yr. Either way, arrow up for 20 yr old in AA

11. Anthony Seigler- debuted in A ball last week. Will likely be everyday C at SI.

12. Everson Pereira- yet to debut

13. Josh Breaux- Really solid debut in A ball with an .823OPS and 7HR in 122ABs as a 21 yr old. Been on the DL for 3 weeks, who knows why. Still, the bat is real. Arrow up

14. Raimfer Salinas- hasn't debuted yet

15. Chance Adams- Has been really good in AAA and held his own in the majors. Velocity drop last year has been sustained this year dropping his projection. Holding his own

16. Domingo Acevedo- Interesting splits for him. .212 BAA, 1.04WHIP, 9K/9IP and 4-1K/BB all are wonderful. His 6HR allowed in 28IP is a problem. He's huge and throws hard, so he will get chances, but arrow down for the 25yr old

17. Matt Sauer- lasted 2 starts before TJS struck. Out until midseason 2020

18. Yoendris Gomez- short season

19. Trevor Stephan- Reasonable BAA, huge K numbers, good HR rates, ridiculous walks. Concerning trends this year for Yankee MiLB pitchers. All walk rates are way up. Holding his own due to solid peripherals

20. Michael King- stress reaction in elbow, out into July.

21. Thairo Estrada- made his big league debut and played really well in the bigs before being demoted. No real room for him. Arrow way up and likely out as I expect him to be a trade chip

22. Juan Then- short season, unassigned as of right now

23. Glenn Otto- very strong K numbers. Reasonable hit rate. 0HR in 31IP. Once again, the walks. 18 in 31.1IP. K rate and HR rate is an arrow up, but he is on the DL and has been for 3 weeks with an unknown injury

24. Dermis Garcia- recently turned 21 in notorious pitchers league (FSL), hitting well. .829OPS with 14HR in 58 games. K's still a bugaboo and walk rate problematic, but power is real. Arrow up

25. Anthony Garcia- short season, unassigned

26. Oswaldo Cabrera- Holding his own offensively in a pitchers league. Just turned 20 and is in the FSL. Will never be a great hitter, but could end up with enough hit to justify his solid defense. Arrow up

27. Oswald Peraza- short season

28. Freicer Perez- out after 2018 shoulder surgery

29. Garrett Whitlock- very solid performance thus far in AA. Missed 2 weeks with an injury but has returned to throw 17 innings in his past 3 starts with 4ER. Back end starter projection unchanged

30. Hoy Jun Park- finally unlocking his potential in AA as a recently turned 23 yr old. .309BA with .809OPS. Solid walk rates. K rate could improve. 6 steals thus far. He is arrow straight up

31. Isiah Gilliam- Repeating Tampa after struggling in 2018, he is holding his own with a near .800OPS. K rate is far too high, though, but he is showing far more speed with 12 steals already. Arrow up

32. Roberto Chirinos- still in short season

33. Ezequiel Duran- still in short season

34. Nick Green- has been on the DL for 2 months with an unknown ailment

35. Pedro Barrios- short season

36. Tanner Myatt- Intoxicating stuff with more than a K per inning and an absurb .111BAA in 19IP. Walk rate way too high. Stuff is there. Arrow up

37. Frank German- skipped A ball altogether to the A advanced. Holding his own with a good K rate and BAA. HR rate way too high and walk rate uncharacteristically up. Holding for now

38. Harold Cortijo- started in extended, made it to Charleston a week ago. In 2 starts, held his own. 11K in 10IP, only 2 walks. Showing improved stuff. Wait and see

39. Rony Garcia- great K rate, good walk rate, peripherals are all there...except the HR rate is absurd. Made it up to Trenton now as a 21 yr old. Will need to keep the ball in the yard to be good, but arrow up

40. Trey Amburgey- finally putting it together in AAA. Long heralded as a 5 tool project, he is OPS'ing ober .800 with 10HR and 4 steals in the first two months. Arrow up

[bkzwhitestrican]

Are those the rankings? They seem out of whack. Deivi and Gil are probably top 3 at this point. Medina shouldn't even be top 20.

[jacksonianmarch]

Theyre postseason top 50

[bkzwhitestrican]

Deivi went 6 innings yesterday allowing 1 hit and striking out 15. That is absurd.

[jacksonianmarch]

Deivi is our top prospect IMO. I’d be very reticent to let him go. I don’t deal him for anyone but Scherzer (clearly not 1 for 1).

[Meh]

1. Florial, guy could be a 5 tool prospect if his body matures.

2. Dominguez

3. Seigler, I'm in love with this guy right now. He's putting up solid numbers but I've been seeing rave reviews about his makeup and game calling.

4. Garcia

5. Gil

6. Clarke

7. Cabello

8. Green. High on him for sure, but he's putting up great numbers

9. Pereira

10. Whitlock

 

I don't really count Loaisiga as a prospect anymore. I flipped on Estrada too and left him off.

 

I'd have King and Breuax in my top 10 if they were healthy. Most liekly Sauer too. Stowers looks like a real good player. Watch out for Jake Sanford in this system. Volpe and Sikkema I'd have to see more of. Hopefully Josh Smith gets siged.

 

Trade bait: Abreu, Adams, and Acevedo. I think Acevedo gets sent away in a Luke Voit type seal. Something like Acevdeo and Feyeisen for IFA money and a guy the Yankees scouting department likes.

[bkzwhitestrican]

I wouldn't slot a 16 year old that high on the list even if he's being compared to Trout. My rankings are something like this:

 

1. D Garcia

2. Florial

3. Gil

4. Loaisaga

5. Seigler

6. Abreu

7. Schmidt

8. Pereira

9. Cabello

10. Whitlock

11. Breaux

12. King

13. Dominguez

14. A Garcia

15. Ryder

16. Myatt

17. Stowers

18. Sauer

19. Nick Nelson

20. Osiel Rodriguez

[Meh]

I wouldn't slot a 16 year old that high on the list even if he's being compared to Trout. My rankings are something like this:

 

1. D Garcia

2. Florial

3. Gil

4. Loaisaga

5. Seigler

6. Abreu

7. Schmidt

8. Pereira

9. Cabello

10. Whitlock

11. Breaux

12. King

13. Dominguez

14. A Garcia

15. Ryder

16. Myatt

17. Stowers

18. Sauer

19. Nick Nelson

20. Osiel Rodriguez

 

Surprised Otto didn't make the list. Hes got some stuff, but I haven't heard what type of injury he has. Dominguez is already ranked as the 61st best prospect in baseball by Fangraphs. Good system, but the problem is a lot of the guys are so young right now. You wouldn't have any of the 2019 draft guys in your top 20? and no Estrada?

Edited July 2, 2019 by Meh

[jacksonianmarch]

Volpe and Sikkema have to be on the list.

[bkzwhitestrican]

I don't think Estrada qualifies anymore. Could be wrong though. And yeah forgot about this year's draftees

[jacksonianmarch]

I think Estrada still has rookie eligibility. If he doesn't, we add him to an impressive list of reserves in AAA who are still prospects. Wade, Frazier, Estrada, etc

[bkzwhitestrican]

As we all could have guessed, Deivi Garcia has shot up the prospect boards. He's thrown 68.2 innings across A+/AA with a 3.01 ERA and 114 Ks. He recently appeared in the Futures game and pitched a perfect inning while showcasing his full arsenal of pitches. He was also promoted to AAA yesterday even though he just turned 20. All of this has led to him being ranked the 25th best prospect in baseball by Baseball Prospectus in their midseason rankings. He is now a major league option for 2019 (likely the bullpen) when you consider that he's eligible for the Rule 5 draft next year so he'll have to be added to the 40 man roster anyway. Edited July 9, 2019 by bkzwhitestrican

[jacksonianmarch]

He’s a beast. I’m concerned that he’s the piece being dangled for pitching, but he’s the kind of guy I wouldn’t mind seeing don the pinstripes

[Carpin]

Teams will be asking for him a lot, but I believe that Cashman will be shipping out Frazier instead. I'm sure the yankees already know who is the real deal and who is not

[Meh]

http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2019?list=nyy

 

Updated list, Garcia, Florial, and Dominguez make the top 100.

 

Also its impressive that guys like Estrade, Wade, and Frazier are in triple-A. Adams, Otto, Diaz, Stowers, Sanford, Acevedo, jesus the talent depth is just insane right now.

[jacksonianmarch]

The depth is very impressive. We’ve had some short season jumps (Duran, Green) but outside of a few pitchers and Canaan Smith, no major positional jumps in the long season leagues. I’m hopeful that next year we can see a new wave forming

[jacksonianmarch]

Luis Medina is finally turning a corner. Medina just turned 20. He is the kid with an absolutely filthy fastball, breaking ball, change combo with a fastball that routinely tops out into the low triple digits. His problem has been command. He had walked more than a batter an inning. They started him in Charleston this year and he had been horrible. But they finally unlocked something his last 6 starts.

 

35IP 8ER 22H 12BB 51K

 

If he has finally harnessed his insane potential, he will be a top of the line level prospect for us. His arsenal is absolutely filthy.

[bkzwhitestrican]

Roansy Contreras seems to be turning the corner as well. After a rough first few months, he has a 1.93 ERA over his last 7 starts. This includes his gem last night (7 IP, 1 H, 0 BB, 10 K).