Yankees Top 60 Prospects
by James Vlietstra
February 11, 2022
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In the past I have been hesitant to put out a Yankees top prospect list for a a couple of reasons. First and foremost I am not a professional talent evaluator. I also have not seen many of these players playing live in front of me. I do read a lot of analysis, but that doesn’t mean that I am qualified to voice my opinion.
However, one thing that I am very good at is numbers. So I have put together a point scale to take all subjective thoughts out of the process.
For each of the categories, the scale is weighted differently.
The categories that I took into account are age, proximity to the majors, ceiling, position, pedigree, and last year’s performance.
Age and proximity to majors are on a sliding scale. A teenager has more value than a 30 year old, much like a player on the 40-man roster does over a player in rookie ball.
For ceiling, there’s more of a steep curve. A player compared to Hall of Famers is more valuable than a guy who projects as a 26th man. Also, a player who is expected to stick at catcher or shortstop or a pitcher who throws with his left arm is going to score better than a guy who might just be a designated hitter.
Bonus points are given to first round picks and top international players. Simply put, at one point they were viewed by the front office as the best. That counts as something. The base skills, in short, are there.
Finally, someone that was injured last year will score lower than someone that was promoted from A Ball to AAA and excelled.
With all that as the background, here is my 2022 Yankees Preseason Top Prospect List.
Vlietstra’s Top 60 Yankees Prospects
1. Anthony Volpe
2. Oswald Peraza
3. Jasson Dominguez
4. Oswaldo Cabrera
5. Trey Sweeney
6. Everson Pereira
7. Luis Medina
8. Roderick Arias
9. Clarke Schmidt
10. Ken Waldichuk
11. Hayden Wesneski
12. Luis Gil
13. Antonio Gomez
14. Matt Krook
15. Brock Selvidge
16. Hans Montero
17. Deivi Garcia
18. Alexander Vargas
19. JP Sears
20. Brandon Lockridge
21. Brendan Beck
22. Austin Wells
23. Randy Vasquez
24. Stephen Ridings
25. Roberto Chirinos
26. Ronny Rojas
27. Beck Way
28. TJ Sikkema
29. Estevan Florial
30. Yoendrys Gomez
31. Anthony Garcia
32. Raimfer Salinas
33. Robert Ahlstrom
34. Ron Marinaccio
35. Clay Aguilar
36. Cooper Bowman
37. Tyrone Yulie
38. Ben Cowles
39. Matt Sauer
40. Ryder Green
41. Jhony Brito
42. Osiel Rodriguez
43. Greg Weissert
44. Edgar Barclay
45. Tyler Hardman
46. Josh Breaux
47. Andres Chaparro
48. Alex Guerrero
49. Fidel Montero
50. Jake Agnos
51. Jake Sanford
52. Mitch Spence
53. Denny Larrondo
54. Alfred Vega
55. Richard Fitts
56. Nick Ernst
57. Anthony Seigler
58. Jack Neely
59. Elijah Dunham
60. Madison Santos
