Here’s a fun story. In Jon Schwartz’s recent Yankees Magazine feature, it was revealed the Yankees are working to convert power-hitting corner infield prospect Dermis Garcia into a two-way player a la Shohei Ohtani. The process is underway and the hope is Garcia will be ready to pitch an inning in a game sometime in mid-August.
The Yankees gave the 20-year-old Garcia a $3.2M signing bonus as part of their well-intentioned but largely failed 2014-15 international spending spree. Dermis is a .223/.301/.451 (110 wRC+) hitter with 41 home runs in 199 minor league games, none above Low-A.