Yankees minor league playoff final: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders

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Scranton’s pitching staff already features Yankees third-ranked prospect Chance Adams. It is likely that both fifth-ranked Justus Sheffield and seventh-ranked Domingo Acevedo will be added to the roster over the winter.

The offense is already well represented, with number six prospect, Andujar, and top overall prospect SS Gleyber Torres already ensconced. 2B Nick Solak, currently ranked ninth for the Yanks, has earned a promotion and will probably make Solano expendable.

After removing Clint Frazier from the prospect list, as seems apropos, the Yankees will have six of their top eight prospects playing at Triple-A to start the 2018 season.

But the excitement for this team goes far beyond arbitrary rankings. The eye test tells us that the Yankees will have a lot of players seemingly ready to be real contributors.