Once the 2017 season ended and the hoopla died down from the excitement and surprise of finding themselves in the American League Championship Series, one game away from the World Series, the New York Yankees and their fans began a groundswell of excitement over a pair of rookies they hoped to see in the 2018 lineup—these were the baby Baby Bombers.
Gleyber Torres, the Yankees number one prospect, and Miguel Andujar, the number five prospect in the system were suddenly the in the spotlight of offseason speculations, particularly since General Manager Brian Cashman had said in January to Dan Martin of the New York Post that he was ready to go with what they had in Torres and Andujar on the infield in 2018.