Yankees final farm report: The summer is ending but not the harvest

(22) 3B Dermis Garcia: 19/Charleston

.246/.362/.519

It would be very easy to switch Smith and Garcia. Dermis is a year older but has never had the overall hitting success as Canaan. He hit just .159 two years ago, and .206 last year in Pulaski. He returned to Pulaski and, after a slow start, slashed .270/.397/.565.

That’s okay, but not necessarily worthy of promotion. But Dermis might have more raw power than any prospect still in the organization; the only way a Yankees player could have more raw power than Judge is if Odin gives it to him.

Last year, at 18 years of age, Dermis had thirteen home runs and nine doubles in 194 AB’s. This year he has already duplicated the production with 14 fewer at bats. Of course his BA has taken a hit with his promotion, currently at .215 in just seventeen games, but he has hit .250 with three home runs and seven RBI’s in his last ten.

Dermis is still raw and has as good a chance as not making it as he does of being successful. But his potential, pedigree, and progression through the Yankees system place him relatively high on this list.

(21) OF Steven Sensley: 21/Charleston

.302/.381/.603

A 2017 New York Yankees draft pick, 12th round pick Sensley has surprised. He’s risen very fast, from the GCL, to Pulaski, to Charleston in just 46 games, yet still has a collective .310/.389/.626. Steven has also wrapped thirteen home runs this year to go with fifteen doubles.

Sensley has a past, just not in the minors. He hit 11 home runs at Louisiana-Lafayette last year, making his thirteen this year look like natural progression. Meanwhile, his advancement seems like natural selection: His one error for the season marks him as a survivor.

Steven spent this season making it to an age-appropriate level. That is an accomplishment not to be discounted. But we will have to wait until 2018 to find out if he is will survive and advance, or show his game incapable of evolving further.

(20) SP Trevor Stephan: 21/Staten Island

1.63/0.83/34/6

Yet another 2017 draftee, Stephan has both a good pedigree, and good stats for the 2017 season. Trevor pitched for the Arkansas Razorbacks last year, where he finished with the best ERA on the team (2.87). Better than that, his strikeouts were fourth in the SEC and his SO/BB ratio would be tops in any league (120/20).

Stephan has only pitched 27.2 innings for the Yankees this year but has done nothing to dampen their enthusiasm. That’s especially true as he has a 1.63 era and WHIP of 0.83. Add to that 17 hits and 34 strikeouts to just six walks, and Trevor Stephan begins to get more interesting.

It’s not unusual for the newly drafted to play below their age-appropriate level. And all Stephan has done is put himself in position to become a real prospect. But he is certainly more than young enough to rise quickly next year, if he’s good enough. And that’s good enough to land Trevor at number 20.