Michael King has crossed the threshold of 45 days on the Yankees’ major-league roster and now graduated from MLB Pipeline’s top 30 prospects list. King finishes his time as the Yankees’ 26th best prospect. Let’s take a look at King’s path to the Yankees, and what the expectation are for him moving forward.
When the Yankees acquired King, the Marlins’ 12th-round draft pick from 2016 was a bit of an afterthought in the deal. More valuable, in the eyes of many, was the the International Bonus Pool money the Yankees acquired in the pursuit of Shohei Ohtani.