Middle infielder Hoy Jun Park has been in the Yankees’ system for six years now. He started off his journey as a 19-year-old playing in Rookie ball, and he never posted a slugging percentage above .400. Not in one stop — never.
In fact, FanGraphs prospect guru Eric Longenhagen wrote this about him in his evaluation of the Yankees’ system earlier this year: “Park is 24 and has an average contact/patience profile and 45 raw power. He might be someone’s bench infielder, but the Yankees big league roster is packed.”
You would imagine, then, that Park’s .