Neither Hoy Park nor Diego Castillo appeared on MLB Pipeline’s list of the top 30 prospects in the Yankees’ organization at the end of the 2020 season. By July of 2021, both players had put up numbers in the minor leagues beyond anything they had accomplished since signing in 2014 and were traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Clay Holmes. Janson Junk was not on the 2020 prospect list either, and he was a low-profile pitcher in the minors after being drafted in Round 22 of the 2017 draft. He made noticeable improvements in his stuff early in 2021, put together a terrific first half in Somerset, and got traded to the Los Angeles Angels for Andrew Heaney at the deadline of that year.
The Yankees can improve their prospect depth without acquiring players in 2023
