Checking back in on the Yankees’ 2017 Draft class: the mid- and late-round picks

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty ImagesYesterday, we began our five-year retrospective on the 2017 MLB Draft by looking at how the Yankees’ first five picks have panned out so far. Needless to say, at this point in time, the top of that draft class is looking pretty good, with a back-of-the-rotation starter, a solid bullpen piece who profiles as a potential starter, a solid middle reliever, a potential starter still in the minors, and an outfielder who was called up to the big leagues for the first time yesterday afternoon counted among the team’s draft haul. Not a bad group of players, that’s for sure.

A draft is more than just five rounds, however (ignoring, of course, the pandemic-shortened…