For many players, spring training is as much a last chance as it is an opportunity.
This is the case more often than not for veterans seeking one last shot (looking at you, Jay Bruce). Or for players on the 40-man roster bubble and out of minor league options. But sometimes the double-edged sword applies to prospects/
Yankees play-by-play man Michael Kay says it often: Prospects are suspect. Young baseball talent can be highly touted one day and yesterday’s news the next. Monday’s surefire homegrown Hall of Fame talent is Tuesday’s low-value trade chip.