This past season, as teams around baseball brought in their draft picks and teenage international free agents to train at the alternate training sites, the Yankees resisted following suit. Leaving Jasson Dominguez and Austin Wells at home, the Yankees focused on the players from their 40-man roster supplemented with players who had major league or high-level minor league experience. Now in stark contrast to that 60-man philosophy, the Yankees lead baseball with six players on their 40-man roster who have not played an official game above the Class-A level.
Putting this in perspective, six teams do not have any players on their 40-man roster who have yet to play in Double-A.