2021 Yankee Prospect Thread

[jacksonianmarch]

You have no idea how good it feels to post this after a 600 day layoff. f*** Covid. Great to see the games back on.

 

The Yanks changed their affiliations.

 

AAA- SWB

AA- Somerset

A+ Hudson Valley

A- Tampa

 

For AAA today, Luke Voit got two hits. Pitching was mostly big league talent in Montgomery, Nelson and Goody. They lost 5-2. Other than Voit, Gittens had 2 hits and no other real prospect was involved at all.

 

For AA, Florial went deep, but K'd twice. A career minor leaguer hit a double and a bomb to pace the team. Luis Gil threw 3.2 shutout innings with 6K's. He will likely not be in AA for long

 

For A+, Luis Medina was great. 4 shutout innings, 1 hit, 8K, 2BB's. If he can prove he can reign it in and keep the ball near the zone, he will move fast. His stuff is stupid good. The offense sucked

 

For A, big game for the last 2 drafts. Volpe with a double and a triple, 3 walks, 2SB and 3 runs. Wells 2 for 4 with 2 walks and a homer. Trevor Hauver went 3 for 4 with 2HR, 2 walks and 3 driven in. Matt Sauer came back from TJS and threw 3.1 shutout innings with 1 hit allowed and 6K. Downside was 3 walks in that time.

[jacksonianmarch]

Hauver hit another homer. Volpe and Wells crushed again. Tampa put up a 19 spot.

[jacksonianmarch]

Tampa put up 10. Hauver went deep again. 3 games, 8-10, 1 double, 4 homers, 6 walks. Volpe 3 for 5 with another double. That offense is banging.

 

Andujar hit a couple homers as SWB put up 17, but Garcia was awful on the bump

[jacksonianmarch]

Tampa has scored 25 runs today. Hauver didnt play. Volpe still dominating. Florial hit a couple bombs today

[moonslav59]

More hope in the minors than majors?

[jacksonianmarch]

More hope in the minors than majors?

 

Nah, Yanks are still division winners by end of year IMO. We shall see, but I love minor league baseball and not having it last year contributed to the depression of 2020.

 

Tampa scored 12 yesterday. They’re 5-0 and have scored 77 runs in the first 5 games. Hauver took game 4 off, but came back and hit his fifth homer yesterday. He’s hitting .643 with an OPS over 2.500 in 4 games with 12RBI.

[jacksonianmarch]

Low A Tampa lost 4-1 today, but Hauver hit his sixth HR in 5 games.

 

Luis Medina threw 5 shutout innings in A+ ball today. In his 2 starts he has thrown 9 shutout innings with 2H, 4BB and 15K. His stuff is absolutely silly. If he is starting to locate it, he will fly through the system. Peraza went 4 for 6 to correct his average up to .269 (really slow start prior), but he stole 2 more bases. He has 7 steals in 5 games

 

Florial his his 4th HR on the early season and has started to cut down on the K's and increase the walks in the early going. Luis Gil followed up a dominant opening day start with a clunker

 

Voit hit his 3rd HR for AAA today in what will amount to his final game there. Gittens hit his second bomb to increase his bonkers OPS on the young season to 1.581. Gittens reminds me a lot of Voit. Later draft pick, enormous physical specimen with light tower power who has slowly plodded along through the system. I think he is the next in line once Voit progresses back to the bigs as I think the bloom is off the rose with Ford. The AAA team right now is essentially a bunch of washed up former big leaguers or AAAA guys who are throwaways. As the season progresses, I expect a lot of these guys to move on and the real prospects behind them to start moving forward

Edited May 10, 2021 by jacksonianmarch

[jacksonianmarch]

Garcia goes another 5 innings without an earned run. Last two starts, 10IP 5H 2BB 16K 0ER. His issue has been the walls, so if he really cements himself as someone who can locate that solid arsenal, he will force his way back to NY

[jacksonianmarch]

Medina, Otto, and Hauver had great days today as did Wells and a few others.

 

For those of you who think a player is having a good start to the minor league season, look up Hauver and Medina’s seasons. Hauver has a 1.398OPS to start the year with 6 bombs. Medina has allowed 5H in 18.1IP with 32K.

[jacksonianmarch]

Ken Waldichuk. Look at the numbers. 5th rounder in 2019, missed 2020 due to covid. Is now in High A. He has thrown 18.2 shutout innings, 8 hits, 8 walks, 38K. The kid should probably move up

[jacksonianmarch]

30.2 shutout innings for Waldichuk. 55K, 13BB, 12H. That’s insanity.

[moonslav59]

30.2 shutout innings for Waldichuk. 55K, 13BB, 12H. That’s insanity.

 

Maybe we can get him on rule 5, someday.

[jacksonianmarch]

Maybe we can get him on rule 5, someday.

 

Now that’s funny

[jacksonianmarch]

Deivi Garcia was absolutely awful in his last start. 4 walks in 1/3 an inning. His delivery is a mess.

 

Luis Gil and Luis Medina were both promoted for today. Gil didn’t do well at AAA, Medina was good in AA.

 

Tampa is where the O is at with Volpe, Wells, Hauver et al smashing balls. Those guys will likely be in High A soon

[Meh]

Care to list your top 10 yankees prospects?

 

1. Dominguez

 

2. Peraza

 

3. Schmidt

 

4. Volpe

 

5. Garcia

 

6. Medina

 

7. Wells

 

8. Pereira

 

9. Sweeney

 

10. Vargas

 

I think our biggest need is starting pitching. We have a lot of 3, 4, and 5 guys but not too many guys who could be a top of the rotation guy even on a good night. We are very deep up the middle though

[jacksonianmarch]

Luis Gil is an absolute monster. He is up to AAA now after a mid season callup and has scuffled a bit. I think he definitely belongs on the list, although it is hard to argue with the 10 you've got there. Yoendrys Gomez has rebounded well and he has big stuff. Schmidt has ace stuff but just cannot seem to stay healthy. Yankee pitching is very deep throughout the system. Yankee MIF depth is ridiculous and CF depth is solid with Pereira and Dominguez. Where the Yanks scuffle is on the CIF and COF positions in terms of big time power guys.

[jacksonianmarch]

Anthony Volpe has been turning heads. Turned 20 in April. Scorched A ball and got promoted to High A. Scorching the s*** out of that level too. OPS over 1.000 in both stops. 20 steals in 50 games in A ball, hasnt stolen in high A. His power has been most impressive. This kid will be a top 100 prospect by season's end

[jacksonianmarch]

Dominguez with a .904 OPS in his first 9 games in A ball as an 18 yr old. They’re slow playing him, but he has immense potential

[jacksonianmarch]

Josh Smith is having a season for the ages. He is 23, but missed a season due to covid. He was a second rounder in 2019. Started off in A ball, and had a 1.275OPS in 11 games and rapidly moved to A+ ball. He continues to rake at a 1.056OPS clip with 9HRs in 38 games. He did have two IL stints this year which limited his availability.

[Fan_since_Boggs]

Bad news, Yankees fans: according to Baseball America, the Red Sox farm system is now top 10 (9th to be exact) and is better than the Yankees farm system (ranked 19th).

 

https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/red-sox/red-sox-farm-system-makes-huge-leap-new-baseball-america-rankings

[moonslav59]

Bad news, Yankees fans: according to Baseball America, the Red Sox farm system is now top 10 (9th to be exact) and is better than the Yankees farm system (ranked 19th).

 

https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/red-sox/red-sox-farm-system-makes-huge-leap-new-baseball-america-rankings

 

"Baseball America just released its updated organizational rankings and the Red Sox have made an impressive leap into the top 10, rising from 20th to ninth, leap-frogging both the Blue Jays and Yankees in the process.

 

The Red Sox boast three of the game's top 100 prospects in first baseman Triston Casas (20th), outfielder Jarren Duran (22nd), and first-round pick Marcelo Mayer (32nd)."

 

Jacko claimed the Yanks still ranked higher than the Sox after the draft and trade deadline deals.

[jacksonianmarch]

BA has ALWAYS overvalued systems based on the top of their farm. Adding Mayer is huge for the Sox. Having Durran progress and Casas progress gave you 3 top 50s. There’s your reason for a jump in rankings. Yanks have rarely been a top 15 farm with BA yet continually make trades from the middle of their top 30 and are able to get premium talent.

[moonslav59]

BA has ALWAYS overvalued systems based on the top of their farm. Adding Mayer is huge for the Sox. Having Durran progress and Casas progress gave you 3 top 50s. There’s your reason for a jump in rankings. Yanks have rarely been a top 15 farm with BA yet continually make trades from the middle of their top 30 and are able to get premium talent.

 

You lost value by trading away much of your "middle talent," and your top guys did not progress like ours did. We added Mayer. You did not.

 

Do you really think the Yankee system is better than ours?

 

How many low to middle guys make serious impacts compared to top 35 ones?

 

Face it: your farm is regressing, and ours is progressing.

 

We do have a gap between the top and bottom, but the big advantage you had their was weakened by your trades.

[moonslav59]

What ranking service do you respect the most?

 

Let's see what they say, this winter.

[bkzwhitestrican]

Yankeesprospects.com

[moonslav59]

Yankeesprospects.com

 

Do they rank the Red Sox and other teams?

[bkzwhitestrican]

Yes. Yankees are first, everyone else is last. Red Sox are 31st.

[moonslav59]

Yes. Yankees are first, everyone else is last. Red Sox are 31st.

 

Seems very trustworthy.

[User Name]

BA has Sox 9th, Yanls 19th.

[jacksonianmarch]

You lost value by trading away much of your "middle talent," and your top guys did not progress like ours did. We added Mayer. You did not.

 

Do you really think the Yankee system is better than ours?

 

How many low to middle guys make serious impacts compared to top 35 ones?

 

Face it: your farm is regressing, and ours is progressing.

 

We do have a gap between the top and bottom, but the big advantage you had their was weakened by your trades.

 

What I’m saying is the Yanks use the top of their farm to replenish their big league talent. Luis Gil being a good example of that. They use the middle parts of their top 30 to trade for big league talent. They’ve done this all year. They got Taillon, Gallo, Rizzo, and Heaney without touching their top 5.