Perhaps when the New York Yankees chose Ronald Torreyes over Tyler Wade to fill the shortstop vacancy left by Didi Gregorius‘ shoulder injury, it lit a fire under New York’s 11th best prospect.
In this first 11 games at the Triple-A level, Wade owns the sixth-best batting average (.386) in the International League and is leading the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders in that same category. He’s also third in on-base percentage, second in total bases and has scored the most runs among his teammates.
One week ago (April 12), he had his first signature game at the level before the major leagues.