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James Vlietstra

2024 Yankees Organization Players

By: James Vlietstra

Published: January 24th, 2024


Fans of Major League Baseball teams support their favorite teams. They see the 26 active players and occasionally hear about a 40 man roster. But does the typical fan realize exactly how many moving parts are part of fielding the team and its affiliates?

 

Because of various reasons, including injuries and trades, most teams use close to 50 players in any given year. In 2023, the Yankees fielded 55 players. 


Some information on minor league players is difficult to obtain, especially on injured players. But, as best as I can figure, overall, the Yankees employed 412 different players during the calendar year. Some may not have even played a single game for the organization. Many may not ever make it to full season affiliated ball. 


Please look through the spreadsheet and become familiar with some of the names. 

I have gone through and tallied some information together for you. You can find the full data set here and in full at the bottom of this article.


How Were They Acquired?

  • International Free Agent: 178

  • Drafted: 96

  • Free Agent: 54

  • Trade: 40

  • Undrafted Free Agents: 30

  • Rule 5: 5

  • Claimed: 5

  • Bought: 2


What Positions Do They Play?

  • Right Handed Pitchers: 191

  • Outfielder: 64

  • Left Handed Pitcher: 41

  • Shortstop: 40

  • Catchers: 32

  • First Baseman: 14

  • Third Baseman: 13

  • Second Baseman: 10


What Year Were they Born?

  • 2000: 53

  • 2001: 43

  • 1998: 37

  • 1997: 35

  • 2004: 32

  • 2002: 31

  • 2003: 27

  • 1996: 23

  • 2005: 22

  • 1997: 18

  • 1994: 16

  • 1995: 15

  • 2006: 9

  • 1993: 9

  • 1992: 8

  • 1991: 5

  • 1989: 5

  • 1990: 4 

  • 1988: 2

  • 1987: 2

  • 1985: 1


There’s 128 of these players that are no longer on the team. Here’s how they left:

  • Released: 71

  • Free Agent: 32

  • Traded: 16

  • Rule 5: 7

  • Retired: 1

  • Restricted: 1

 

Data Set:


21 Comments


Jeff Korell
Jeff Korell
Jan 24

The way I have made myself very knowledgable about each of the Yankees minor league affiliates and the players on each of the teams was to simply "like" the Facebook pages of each of the teams (Tampa, Hudson Valley, Somerset, & Scranton-Wilkes Barre). Since I can't get to any of their games (I live in Los Angeles, transplanted from New York City 20 years ago), I follow all of the affiliates and their players closely that way, through their Facebook pages. In the old days (before Facebook and before the internet existed), I subscribed to Yankees Magazine, which does a whole page feature article on each of the minor league affiliates, and through that, I watched minor league players li…

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jeff
Jan 25
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Yup. Before that, "Nat" was his nickname for William Nathaniel Showalter, but once Eddie Napoleon started calling him "Buck", the new nickname stuck for the rest of his career.

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Paul Semendinger
Paul Semendinger
Jan 24

JAMES - THIS IS AMAZING!

Thank you!!!

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Paul Semendinger
Paul Semendinger
Jan 25
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THANK YOU!!!


We have a great team. They always do me proud.

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Alan B.
Alan B.
Jan 24

Actually it's a lot more complicated than the writer made it out to be, but he did a great job. I realized all about the minors when I was 14. Never really liked all the veteran signings. Yes, some are necessary but too many times they stunt a lower level prospect. And as an adult, I hate hiw Cashman signs these guys. Actually, I really hate the whole development plan that they have now. Too many times it costs money too. Like can anyone tell me why Jake Lamb got AAA ABs while Ben Rice mashed at AA? That's just last years example.

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Alan B.
Alan B.
Jan 25
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Actually, in my comments I'm going back all the way to when Montero and Romine were literally splitting C/DH until midway through 2009. And there was no 1B prospect in Charleston nor Tampa. Florial showed promise st the end of 2017 in AA, but Cashman had him sent back to Tampa to start 2018. Pereira-crushed in HV the last several weeks of 2021, but only got the call when he made himself the career HR leader at HV (pre 2021, it was a short season team), even though his ABs were garbage. Then Cashman did the same thing to him last year, pulling him out of AA for side work instead of moving him up to AAA. There are others,…

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etbkarate
Jan 24

I never understood that deal either. Its not like they are loaded with 3d prospects ready to play at MLB level.

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Frank Graziadei
Frank Graziadei
Jan 24

Good job. But Chapparo signed immediately with Arizona after the Yankees released him. He is a hardhitting 3b, who hit 25 hrs last year. Do not know why the Yankees dropped him. He is only 25 years old and while his defense is good but not stellar, he makes hard contact. Last year his strikeout rate increased (probably unfamiliarity with his first year in triple a ball). Good pick up by Arizona.

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Melfman1
Melfman1
Jan 25
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What exactly did Florial do that provided glee, or did I miss something last year? He struck out at a 32.7% rate (in keeping with his career strikeout percentage of almost 30%). He provided good defense, as he always has shown. His bat has always been his downfall.


.230 avg with no homers didn’t impress me in the least.

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