Which Yankees Prospects will Wear Pinstripes in April?

Aaron Judge and Clint Frazier

These two young Yankees did not come with equal expectations. Yankees and Yankees fans felt Judge had the inside track to the right fielder’s position. He had to prove he could do better than setting the record for strikeouts but that is a pretty low bar.

Clint Frazier, on the other hand, was never expected to become the starting left fielder. He had just been promoted to Triple-A for Cleveland when he was traded, and it showed. He struggled in Scranton and admitted he was pressing. But, when you are a top-30 prospect, the talent will out.

Bronx Bound

The Judge is coming to back to the Bronx, and John Sterling is already practicing his home run call. And Aaron has done a lot more than just show the Yankees he is worth taking a chance on. All he had to do was to show he could make contact; he has more than done that. Not only are his outs being achieved in the field of play, but also he has not made that many outs. He is hitting .348 with a 1.010 OPS. He has said all along he is a contact hitter and now he is proving it. Next, we get to find out if he can do it for the Yankees when it counts.

Not Ready Yet

Clint Frazier looks as talented as advertised but is still too raw. He has scuffled a bit lately but is still batting .286 with 5 RBI’s. He has shown he can be aggressive in a right way. The problem is he is still too aggressive in negative ways. For instance, his batting average and OBP are the same; he is too anxious to show he can hit. And of course we all saw his ill-advised slide that almost took out Dustin Fowler; Frazier is still learning to be intense without being tense. The Clint Frazier Show is not ready for Broadway.