Despite a series of trades and graduations, the Yankees still boast one of the best farm systems in baseball, a farm system both Baseball America and Keith Law rank as the second best in the game. Only the hard-tanking Braves have a better farm system. The Yankees are World Series contenders with a young MLB roster and lots of prospects. It’s an exciting time.
As I put together my annual Top 30 Prospects List — that’ll be posted tomorrow, so get excited — the thing that stood out most to me was the quality of the prospects that didn’t make the top 30.