The 2023 Major League Baseball Draft begins a week from Sunday, and with the mock drafts coming along at higher frequency, it is now more plausible to narrow down the list of candidates for the Yankees to choose in the first round. Their last five first-round picks have been hitters, and they have not selected a pitcher first since Clarke Schmidt in 2017.
This recent history would indicate a draft preference for the organization rather than a coincidence, so it may take a special circumstance for the Yankees to select a pitcher when their turn comes up at pick 26.