MLB Draft 2018: The Yankees doubled down on catching and pitching prospects

The 2018 MLB Draft has come and gone. The Yankees made 40 selections over the three-day event. While it’s premature to make any substantive evaluations, a few early patterns emerged. Namely, the team used the talent pool to improve an organizational shortcoming and reinforce its biggest strength.

Prior to the draft, the Yankees had an impressive system with one major weakness. The organization badly lacked catching prospects. That figures to change, however, as the team used its first two selections to draft catchers. Anthony Seigler came with the 23rd overall pick. The prep catcher is a switch-hitter and switch-thrower. He drew rave reviews from talent evaluators who remarked on the…