Yankees minor league squads showing how it’s done

The Yankees, as play opens today, are distinguished by having ALL of the minor league teams in first place. This reinforces the fact that the Bombers are going to be the team of the future in baseball, and we ain’t seen nothing yet.

The Yankees might have slipped a bit since the beginning of the season in the rankings of teams with the best farm systems. But the proof, as they say, is in the pudding and what happens on the field when games are played.

And as you peruse the latest standing for each of their farm teams, a startling fact is revealed. They all hold first place in their respective leagues. And in most cases, they are dominating by wide margins.

These are accomplishments of the Yankees version of Baby Bombers II:

Triple-A Scranton                            78-45    +7.5
Double-A Trenton                            80-43    +6.5
High-A Tampa                                   75-41    +11
Class-A Charleston                          68-55     Tie
Short-Season Staten Island         36-19     +3.5

Pretty impressive, huh? And we can only imagine the crunch that will be felt over the next two or three Spring Training seasons when the Yankees are forced to trim their rosters to 25 when the major league season begins.

That prospect could be alleviated if, as expected, the Player’s Association and the owners get together on a plan to increase roster size from 25 to 27 or even 28 players. In return, the players would surrender a reduction in the number of call-ups allowed in September, which the owners see as a money drain on their resources.

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And if you want to take a trip down Fantasy Lane, take a peek at the Top 30 Prospects with the idea you could field a pretty good major league team just from that list, and you can imagine the buzz saw facing the players, as well as the Yankees.

The Yankees will get a glimpse of the problem in a couple of weeks when the Rosters expand on September 1. How many players they call up and who those players will have a huge effect on the team as it defends its position in the American League.

Beyond that, the decisions made will affect the 40-man roster, a topic I’ve written on recently and one that has been a thorn in the side of Brian Cashman all season.

We can expect that most of the call-ups will come from Scranton and Trenton and that the Yankees will limit them to a select few, not reaching anywhere near the maximum of the 40-man limit.

And on this occasion, it won’t be a money decision. It’ll be the fact that the Yankees don’t need or want to disturb a clubhouse which has been a model of unity. And it’s not the players coming in who might be a disturbance; it’s just the fact they are there that’s the problem.

With the Yankees starting pitching still in flux, it’s reasonable to think they would call on a couple of pitchers to be on standby. This would include, but not be limited to, players like Chance Adams, Domingo Acevedo, and Justus Sheffield. But unless the need arises, the only “action” they’ll see is during their bull

So, in many ways, the success of the Yankees minor league teams this year is similar to the billionaire who gets all depressed when he realizes he can’t possibly spend all the money he has, always fretting about how to solve that “problem.”

But if the Yankees could make a wish choosing just one problem they could inherit, it would be this one.