By James Vlietstra
January 1, 2023
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In this article, I have two lists. The first are the Yankees prospects who appeared in their first games in 2022.
The second (longer) list is the WAR totals for every player in the Major Leagues who has played in the Yankees system at one point in their career.
2022 Debuts
The Yankees farm system has recently been churning out lots of Major League talent. That is a good reputation to have, especially when making trades with other organizations.
In 2022, 16 Yankees prospects made their debut for nine different teams.
These players were:
Diego Castillo, Pirates
Gosuke Katoh, Blue Jays
Ron Marinaccio, Yankees
Anderson Severino, White Sox
Josh Smith, Rangers
Ezequiel Duran, Rangers
JP Sears, Yankees
Canaan Smith, Pirates
Dermis Garcia, A’s
Ken Waldichuk, A’s
Orlando Cabrera, Yankees
Donny Sands, Phillies,
Greg Weissert, Yankees
Hayden Wesneski, Cubs
Franklin German, Red Sox
Oswald Peraza, Yankees
Part of the trick of making trades is holding onto the best players and shipping off those whose value has already peaked.
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Here is a list of every player from 2022 that has ties to the Yankees and the WAR that they produced.
Yankees Past and Present Ranked by WAR in 2022
Aaron Judge 10.6
Nestor Cortes 4.2
Gleyber Torres 4.1
DJ LeMahieu 3.8
Jorge Mateo 3.4
Andrew Benintendi 3.2
Gio Urshela 3.1
Isiah Kiner Falefa 3
David Robertson 2.7
Brandon Drury 2.6
Josh Donaldson 2.4
Matt Carpenter 2.4
Gerrit Cole 2.4
Sonny Gray 2.4
Adam Ottavino 2.3
Anthony Rizzo 2.3
Jose Trevino 2.3
Orlando Cabrera 1.9
Michael King 1.8
Garrett Whitlock 1.8
Eric Swanson 1.8
Luis Severino 1.6
Jordan Montgomery 1.6
Thairo Eatrada 1.6
Aaron Hicks 1.6
Nathan Eovaldi 1.5
JP Feyereisen 1.4
Andrew Velazquez 1.4
Clay Holmes 1.3
Dillon Tate 1.3
Jameson Taillon 1.3
James Kaprielian 1.2
Ron Marinaccio 1.2
Roansy Contreras 1.2
Domingo Acevedo 1.2
Scott Effross 1.2
David Phelps 1.2
Ji-Man Choi 1.2
Harrison Bader 1.1
Andrew McCutchen 1.1
Frankie Montas 1.1
Wandy Peralta 1.1
Rob Refsnyder 1
Trevor Stephan 1
Garrett Cooper 1
Hayden Wesneski 0.9
Joe Mantiply 0.9
Gary Sanchez 0.9
Luke Voit 0.8
Donovan Solano 0.8
Clarke Schmidt 0.8
JP Sears 0.8
Lance Lynn 0.8
Luis Cessa 0.8
Domingo German 0.7
Marwin Gonzalez 0.7
Giancarlo Stanton 0.7
Lucas Luetge 0.7
Andrew Heaney 0.7
Corey Kluber 0.7
Kyle Higashioka 0.6
Oswald Peraza 0.6
Giovanni Gallegos 0.6
Jake Cave 0.6
Richard Bleier 0.6
Glen Otto 0.5
Luke Bard 0.5
Dermis Garcia 0.4
Josh Smith 0.3
Albert Abreu 0.3
Ryan Weber 0.3
Tommy Kahnle 0.3
Joey Gallo 0.2
Ezequiel Duran 0.2
Nick Nelson 0.2
Ken Waldichuk 0.2
Kyle Barraclough 0.2
Taylor Widener 0.2
Miguel Andujar 0.1
Clint Frazier 0.1
Luis Torrens 0.1
Justin Wilson 0.1
Zack Littell 0.1
Ben Gamel 0.1
Gosuke Katoh 0.1
Robinson Chirinos 0.1
Josh Rogers 0.1
Darren O'Day 0.1
Caleb Smith 0.1
Vinny Nottoli 0.1
Chad Green 0.1
Rob Brantly 0
Ender Inciarte 0
Justus Sheffield 0
Anderson Severino 0
Shane Greene 0
Mark Payton -0.1
Nick Solak -0.1
Raynel Espinal -0.1
Donny Sands -0.1
Zack Britton -0.1
Alexander Vizcaino -0.1
Tyler Clippard -0.1
David McKay -0.1
Janson Junk -0.1
Tim LoCastro -0.2
Ronald Guzman -0.2
Luis Gil -0.2
Aroldis Chapman -0.2
Shelby Miller -0.2
ChiChi Gonzalez -0.2
Joely Rodriguez -0.2
Lou Trivino -0.2
Manny Banuelos -0.2
Philip Diehl -0.2
Jacob Barnes -0.3
Hoy Park -0.3
Mike Ford -0.3
Greg Weissert -0.3
Franklin German -0.3
Miguel Castro -0.3
Rougned Odor -0.4
Didi Gregorius -0.4
Chasen Shreve -0.4
Kaleb Ort -0.4
Estevan Florial -0.5
Chris Owings -0.5
Anthony Banda -0.5
Johnathon Loasiga -0.5
Elvis Peguero -0.5
Michael Pineda -0.6
Luis Castillo -0.6
Tyler Wade -0.7
Oliver Perez -0.7
Austin Romine -0.8
Billy McKinney -0.8
Mark Melancon -0.8
Miguel Yajure -1
Ian Kennedy -1.1
Jhoulys Chacin -1.4
Robinson Cano -1.5
