Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 30 | Run: 55 | Arm: 60 | Field: 55 | Overall: 45
Unlike the first two prospects we covered, the 20-year old Thairo Estrada comes to the Yankees as an under-the-radar international prospect from Venezuela who signed with the club for $49,000 in 2012 when Brian Cashman was on an international spending spree.
That year the Yankees also signed international prospects like Miguel Andujar, Luis Torrens and of course Luis Severino for much more than $49,000, so it’s easy to see why Estrada was a bit lost in the shuffle.