With just under two months until the Major League Baseball amateur draft, teams are beginning to solidify their draft boards. The Yankees will select 20th overall and have their highest pick since the 2017 season, when they selected Clarke Schmidt with the 16th overall pick. Let’s take a glance at the type of players that draft watchers think the Yankees will be looking at in the first round.
Baseball America’s Mock Draft 3.0 has the Yankees linked to the player with perhaps the best fastball in this year’s draft, Wake Forest University’s Ryan Cusick.