Yankees top 30 prospects Part 2; a longer look

Last week we took a look at the Yankees top 30-21 prospects according to MLB.com. Now we’ll move onto numbers 20-11.

We started off with Yankees fringe prospects who have upside, either as middle relievers or players still very early in their development. The guys you’re about to read about are closer to the major leagues.

The earlier players basically only had scouting reports to judge them by — but now we have results of better-known and more-experienced names. As we continue to move closer to the top overall prospects, we get more exciting and intriguing game-changers.

As I said earlier, these prospects are due for a shakeup. Most of these players will be out of the 20-11 range by the end of the year. The 2017 season will likely be a defining year for recent draft picks such as Clarke Schmidt, Tayler Widener and Nolan Martinez.

The 2017 season will likely be a defining year for recent draft picks such as Clarke Schmidt, Tayler Widener and Nolan Martinez.

So without further ado here is the Yankees’ No. 20-11 prospects.

No. 20 Dermis Garcia

Rated as the Yankees’ best power bat in the system, third baseman Garcia was the No. 1 overall international prospect in the 2014 class. His talent is currently very raw as displayed by his .227 batting average in Low-A Charleston.

Garcia struggles to recognize breaking pitches and has a dangerously low BB/K rate of 14/42 – or three strikeouts for every walk. What he did do is hit 17 home runs. That is an insane number for such a young player.

Still only 20, and yet to play a full season, Garcia has time to figure his issues out and tap into his tremendous raw power. Again, a work in progress, time will tell if Garcia pans out.

No. 19 Domingo German

After succeeding in Double-A Trenton and then Triple-A Scranton in 2017, the Yankees gave the righty his first cup of coffee in the bigs and pitched to a 3.14 ERA in seven relief appearances. German has

German has good command of a fastball that sits in the mid-90s — and MLB.com’s scouts grade it as 65/80 because it “features sink and run.”

A strike machine, German walked 32 batters last year compared to 119 strikeouts. However, due to his lack of a real third pitch or even second pitch, German will likely find himself in the bullpen.

He is mostly MLB ready to pitch out of the ‘pen, however, similar to Ben Heller, German is blocked in an already righty-heavy bullpen.