Yankees: Profiling The Bottom Tier Of Their Top 30 Prospects

The Yankees now possess the 2nd best minor league system in all of baseball, according to the guru, Jim Callis. We’ve all heard about the names at the top, but what about the ones who just might have sneaked into the bottom tier of the Top 30. Here’s a profile on #25-29.

Before we get started and to give some perspective, have a look at this YES produced video from 2014 about what the Yankees top prospects looked like then:

The Yankees wealth of minor talent has now swelled them into being ranked the 2nd best in the major leagues, bested only by the Atlanta Braves. And while we are all familiar with the likes of Miguel Andujar, Jorge Mateo, Aaron Judge, Gleyber Torres, and so on, it’s time to remember that each of these prospects at one time were in the bottom tier of the Yankees Top 30 Prospects, or in some cases, not even on the list at all.

And so, with that in mind, I thought it might be worthwhile to get familiar with the bottom tier of those prospects because you never know, there just might be another Gary Sanchez tucked in there somewhere.

After all, it was only a couple of years ago that Sanchez was ranked #47 among all major league prospects and receiving endorsements like the lukewarm one given to him by Yankee’s vice-president Mark Newman:

"“[Sanchez] made some progress last year. He’s got more progress to make,” said Newman, the Yanks’ senior vice president of baseball operations. “He was a 16-year-old kid when we signed him. It’s more the rules than the exception that they’re going to have to adjust to the work-ethic standards we have in professional baseball. He’s a good kid. He wants to be a good player.”"

And in the same year (2014), Tyler Austin didn’t even crack the Top 100. And by contrast, in the same story from 2014, Mason Williams was assessed as follows and he hasn’t moved up at all:

"“Mason’s strengths are, if he stays balanced, he has power to all fields,” Class A hitting coach Marcus Thames said during the season. “He can hit a home run here or there. He has the wheels to hit doubles and triples. He’s got to stay balanced, and he’ll be good.”"

So, let’s get to it. There just might be a gem or two currently at the bottom of the Yankees Top 30 Prospects.