Yankees 2017 Top 20 Prospects List with Scouting Reports

Yanks Go Yard takes a crack at ranking the top 20 New York Yankees prospects going into the 2017 season.

Not does the New York Yankees farm system feature between five and ten blue chippers who rank among the top 100 prospects in all of baseball, but the depth at all levels of their farm system is incredible.

They have around 50 guys who wouldn’t look out of place in the top 30 of most other clubs around the league, so the task of narrowing down a top 20 prospects list isn’t an easy one. There are tons of names I’ve left off here that I’m still having second thoughts about ommitting. Feel free to quibble with my choices in the comments, but know that I didn’t leave your favorite prospect off lightly. There are simply too many good players for just 20 slots in this organization.

The top five Yankees minor league affiliates all made the postseason in 2016, and it was on the strength of real quality prospects, not just overperforming org players or veterans. Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre got a lot of attention after winning their first ever Triple-A Championship, but a number of other clubs in the system were just as stocked with premier talent.

This is easily the team’s best collection of young players since the beginning of the dynasty era, and while there’s the possibility the 2017 big league club could be in for some growing pains, there is a ton for Yankees fans to excited about down on the farm next year. Let’s count our way down from number twenty.