A shutdown reliever in college and in his first professional season, Chance Adams has made a seamless transition to the rotation in 2016. Adams moved into a full-time bullpen role as a junior at Dallas Baptist University in 2015, putting up a sparkling 1.98 ERA in 59 innings.
That performance got Adams selected in the fifth round of the 2015 draft. The Yankees assigned him to Short Season Staten Island initially, but the polished Adams earned two promotions before the season was done, finishing the year with the High-A Tampa Yankees.
All told, Adams threw 35.