by James Vlietstra
September 28, 2022
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The minor league baseball season is just about wrapping up for the year. After a slow start, several Yankees prospects have come on and have put together a very impressive season. There was a lot of turnover, but many of their top players excelled and were even promoted late in the season.
I put together a ranking several months ago that was well received, so I am doing it again. This list is purely objective. I give a point scale that goes to 80, based on six factors: Age, proximity to the majors, ceiling, position, pedigree, and this years production.
I will give a short demonstration on the point scale using recently prospect graduate Clarke Schmidt as the example.
Age 2/10
Proximity to the majors 10/10
Ceiling 14/20
Position 12/20
Pedigree 10/10
Last year’s production 8/10
Total is a 56 out of a possible 80. This would rank him in their top 10 prospects. Not bad for a former first round pick that has spent much of the season on the Major League roster.
So here are the Yankees top prospects going into the 2022-23 offseason:
70+
Anthony Volpe
60+
Jasson Dominguez
Oswald Peraza
Austin Wells
Spencer Jones
Roderick Arias
50+
Oswaldo Cabrera (will lose prospect status with 10 more at bats)
Brock Selvidge
Trey Sweeney
Everson Pereira
Justin Lange
Will Warren
40+
Matt Krook
Agustin Ramirez
Josh Breaux
Sean Hermann
Jesus Rodriguez
Keiner Delgado
Yoendrys Gomez
Tyrone Yulie
Hans Montero
Tyler Hardman
Trystan Vrieling
Drew Thorpe
Clayton Beeter
Antonio Gomez
Matt Sauer
Jhony Brito
Richard Fitts
Anthony Seigler
Fidel Montero
Luis Serma
Willy Montero
Alexander Vargas
Deivi Garcia
Mitch Spence
Sean Boyle
Randy Vasquez
Andres Chaparro
Ron Marinaccio (9 innings away from graduating, possibly did with service time)
Edgar Barclay
Osiel Rodriguez
Juan Carela
Josue Panacual
30+
Anthony Hall
Abraham Ramirez
Ben Cowles
Greg Weissert
Brandon Lockridge
Harold Cortijo
Carson Coleman
Ryder Green
Madison Santos
Luis Gil (service time on 60-day IL)
Marcos Cabrera
Brendan Beck
Montana Semmel
Alfred Vega
Elijah Dunham
Nick Ernst
Grant Richardson
Stephen Ridings (service time on 60 day IL)
Michael Beltre
TJ Rumsfield
Here are some of the recently traded prospects from the Yankees system
Graduated
Roansy Contreras
Diego Castillo
Glenn Otto
Josh Smith
Ezequiel Duran
JP Sears
50+
Ken Waldichuk
TJ Sikkema
Hayden Wesneski
40+
Kevin Alcantara
Donny Sands
Luis Medina
Frank German
Miguel Yajure
Beck Way
Canaan Smith
Trevor Hauver
Cooper Bowman
Elvis Peguero
30+
Janson Junk
Josh Stowers
Maikol Escotto
Chandler Champlain
Alexander Vizcaino
Keegan Curtis
Antonio Cabello
