2014 Pre-season Yankees Prospect Rankings (by position)

by: Ben Embry

Yesterday I gave you my thoughts on the Top 25 overall prospects in the Yankees farm system.  I actually go much deeper in rankings, with about 61 players on my watchlist.  So I thought I'd give you a further breakdown by rankings pitchers and hitters seperately.  First the pitchers:

Rank	Player	Position
1	Ian Clarkin	SP
2	Rafael de Paula	SP
3	Manny Banuelos	SP
4	Luis Severino	SP
5	Jose Ramirez	SP
6	Jose Campos	SP
7	Ty Hensley	SP
8	Gabe Encinas	SP
9	Nik Turley	SP
10	Bryan Mitchell	SP
11	Mark Montgomery	RP
12	Caleb Smith	SP
13	Omar Luis	SP
14	Nick Goody	RP
15	Rookie Davis	SP
16	Brady Lail	SP
17	Dietrich Enns	SP
18	Jordan Cote	SP
19	Cesar Vargas	SP
20	Angel Rincon	SP
21	Cale Coshow	SP
22	David Palladino	SP
23	Zach Nuding	RP
24	Evan Rutckyj	SP
25	Daniel Camarena	SP

The hitters are as follows:

Rank	Player	Position
1	Gary Sanchez	C
2	Mason Williams	OF
3	Eric Jagielo	3B
4	Tyler Austin	OF/1B
5	Slade Heathcott	OF
6	J.R. Murphy	C
7	Aaron Judge	OF
8	Greg Bird	1B
9	Gosuke Katoh	2B
10	Abiatal Avelino	SS
11	Luis Torrens	C
12	Miguel Andujar	3B
13	Peter O'Brien	3B/C
14	Angelo Gumbs	2B
15	Mike O'Neill	OF
16	Ben Gamel	OF
17	Rob Refsnyder	2B
18	Ramon Flores	OF
19	Tyler Wade	SS
20	Thairo Estrada	SS
21	Jake Cave	OF
22	Alexander Palma	OF
23	Cito Culver	SS
24	Dante Bichette, Jr.	3B
25	Austin Aune	OF

After today, I'll turn my attention back to draft rankings, begrudgingly since New York will not have a first round pick.  Still, there will be about 250 players on my list so there should still be a few prospects that end up Yankees.  And who knows, maybe a Top 25 player will inexplicably slide to the Bombers like Jon Denney did for Boston last year, (lucky bastards).  I'll also be keeping an eye on the July 2 prospects, which New York has been purported to be in VERY DEEP on.  Like, they may sign all of the top guys, who knows.  There's been a lot of information already, but only from Kiley McDaniel over at Scouting Baseball and most of what he has said has been in his premium service, so out of respect for him, I'll keep it to myself.  All I can say is...be excited.  Or as excited as you should be about kids who won't play in the majors for at least another 4-6 years.  But seriously, if you have any kind of interest in July 2 prospects, Kiley's articles are worth the subscription.

Take care everybody and have a good weekend.