The Yankees are stacked with young talent that is either already making an impact at the major league level or is right on the verge of getting a shot. Ranking as the no. 2 prospect in all of baseball, Gleyber Torres is one of those players. When teams have really good young players they want to keep around for longer, they often mess around with their service time in order to get an extra year. The Yankees are likely going to try this in 2018, and Brian Cashman dropped his first hint.
On Thursday, Dan Martin published an article at the New York Post discussing the team’s apparent decision to move ahead with Gleyber Torres and Miguel Andujar at second and third, respectively.