Every season, there are countless players who find a way to outperform what is expected of them. They might have inwardly known their own potential, but all of us on the outside had yet to truly witness it. This season, the Yankees have seen their fair share of unexpected or untapped talent come to fruition.
Gio Urshela leads the way for the Yankees in terms of unheralded heroes. He’s not the only shocker in the league, however. There are other similar players across the game; they could have come to their teams as parts of small, unnoticed trades, or they could be former prospects who never reached their ceilings.