Back in August, Jim Callis of Baseball America was asked if the Yankees had a top 10 farm system. He was noncommittal, but suggested that they might be ranked in that range and were certainly in the conversation. Yesterday, he was asked a similar question, and his answer was an encouraging one for Yankees fans:
Yes. @mitchellnj: #Yankees Top 6 Farm System?
As I said back in August, this ranking displays the growth of the Yankees system over the last few months. Players such as Jesus Montero and Manny Banuelos retained the status they achieved last year, while Andrew Brackman and Dellin Betances had recovery years. Meanwhile, some players considered lesser prospects stepped up this year, as Hector Noesi, Brandon Laird, Ivan Nova, and Eduardo Nunez all bolstered their prospects status. Finally, some recent draftees and signings had big seasons or at least showed some promise, with Gary Sanchez, Slade Heathcott, David Phelps, Adam Warren, Corban Joseph, Jose Ramirez and Graham Stoneburner all popping up on the prospect radar.
The Yankee system is not yet elite, and it remains somewhat thin on the position player side. However, it took a major step forward this year, and considering how the Yankees offseason went, the availability of pitching prospects in the upper levels of the minor leagues is a boon to a team that needs all the pitching depth it can get. The farm system is there to supplement the major league club when necessary, and it seems that the Yankee system should be a source of cheap talent and trade fodder for the Yankees over the next 3 to 5 years or so.
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I’m not familiar with every team’s farm system, but outside maybe Kansas City, we have to have the best pitching system in baseball, right?
Brackman
Betances
Banuelos
Nova
Noesi
Warren
Phelps
Ramires
Stoneburner
Mitchell
Marshall
and there are a few others
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So the Yankees have obvious needs in their rotaton and a ton of minor league starting pitching depth.
I have an idea! Maybe, just maybe, the Yankees could try some of these guys in the rotation.
Nah, that’s too crazy. Let’s sign Freddy Garcia and Bartolo Colon and trade everyone for Soria to pitch the 8th!
I don’t think our minor league pitching is ready yet. Most are a year away or at least half a year. That’s the reason to give guys like Colon a shot until the young guys are ready.
i’d like to see a couple impact seasons from the hitting side. Almost everyone thinks Gary Sanchez will have a big-time full-season debut that’ll vault him into top 30 lists. Its the other guys that kinda worry me. The farm needs several position players at the lower levels to take step forwards. Guys like Heathcott, Corban Joseph and now Culver and Gumbs have got to show up.
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