A two-time Baseball America Top 100 prospect while in the New York Yankees system, Manny Banuelos was perhaps the most talented of the group of arms writers dubbed the “Killer B’s.” Along with Dellin Betances and Andrew Brackman, Banuelos was thought by many to be an ace in the making for the Yankees.
Instead, the 25-year-old lefthander has struggled with injuries and ineffectiveness the last two seasons since he was shipped to Atlanta for David Carpenter and Chasen Shreve. Even though neither of the relievers the Yankees received have really worked out well, they have won that trade more or less by default.