Thairo Estrada has spent his entire career under-the-radar, but that might soon change. Since debuting with the organization in 2013, Estrada has been a consistently solid presence with the glove and at the plate. Estrada, only 21, is currently having a solid start in his first season at Double-A Trenton and could soon find himself in the major leagues as early as next year.
In 2012, Estrada signed with the Yankees as a sixteen-year-old international free agent, but the signing was largely unheralded. Estrada signed for only $49,000, hardly a noteworthy figure. The team had already given bigger contracts to more highly-touted prospects, Jorge Mateo and Luis Torrens, earlier that year.