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New York Yankees Top 10 Prospects For 2017

By Benjamin Chase

Mar 18, 2016; Tampa, FL, USA; A view of the field and the New York Yankees logo before the game between the Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles at George M. Steinbrenner Field. The Orioles defeat the Yankees 11-2. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 18, 2016; Tampa, FL, USA; A view of the field and the New York Yankees logo before the game between the Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles at George M. Steinbrenner Field. The Orioles defeat the Yankees 11-2. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /
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Mar 18, 2016; Tampa, FL, USA; A view of the field and the New York Yankees logo before the game between the Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles at George M. Steinbrenner Field. The Orioles defeat the Yankees 11-2. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 18, 2016; Tampa, FL, USA; A view of the field and the New York Yankees logo before the game between the Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles at George M. Steinbrenner Field. The Orioles defeat the Yankees 11-2. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /

The New York Yankees utilized the trade deadline to drastically improve their minor league system, putting them among the top in the entire game.

An Introduction

Our minor league top 10 series is coordinated by Benjamin Chase, one of our contributors at Call To The Pen.

He has poured over thousands of minor league games over the course of the year via milb.tv along with speaking with a number of team and independent scouts. These lists are based out of those conversations.

Each system will have prospects from 10 to 1, and then finish with one newcomer to the system that is worth keeping an eye on that is not in the top 10 at this time.

Conversations are certainly encouraged in the comments section on each system as we go along!

nearly any team would take the ability to rebuild their minor league system the way that the Yankees did while also having a legit chance to compete up to the last month of the season

Yankees System Review

The New York Yankees aren’t used to losing, and neither are their fans, but it’s quite intriguing to listen to the sudden interest online of Yankee fans in the minor leagues as their team has become a player in the minor league market.

While the Yankees did finish 4th in the AL East in 2016, they also finished with 84 wins, and nearly any team would take the ability to rebuild their minor league system the way that the Yankees did while also having a legit chance to compete up to the last month of the season.

The team was able to utilize trades of Aroldis Chapman, Andrew Miller, and Carlos Beltran at the trade deadline to bring in their top two prospects in their system and 4 of this top 10.

The Yankees started to see the fruits of their big 2014 international expenditure, especially on their Appalachian League team this season. That gives the Yankees not just the top end talent, but also very solid depth.

That depth will allow the Yankees to compete among the best systems in the entire game when I present my list of the top systems in a few weeks.

Next: #10

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