17 AUG 2014: Mark Payton of the Yankees during the Florida State League game between the Daytona Cubs and the Tampa Yankees at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon SMI/Corbis via Getty Images)
Probably not known by the casual New York Yankees fan, outfield prospect Mark Payton has been on an absolute tear in 2017.
Mark Payton was selected by the New York Yankees in the seventh-round of the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft from the University of Texas at Austin and hasn’t really accumulated much attention.