He's a little late to the party, but Marc Hulet of FanGraphs released his annual top 10 organizational prospect rankings for the Yankees today. Like most of the other more mainstream evaluators, he considers the Yankee system to be "middle of the road" right now. He also gave them praise for their recent drafts and strong international scouting that has filled the lower levels with more young talent. Click the link to read his full takes on each of his top 10 players. For the quick and dirty version, here's that top 10:
1) Gary Sanchez
2) J.R. Murphy
3) Eric Jagielo
4) Mason Williams
5) Slade Heathcott
6) Aaron Judge
7) Ian Clarkin
8) Greg Bird
9) Jose Ramirez
10) Tyler Austin
Most of the usual suspects, although this is definitely the highest I've seen Jagielo ranked anywhere. Can't argue with that top 2 though. What's that saying about great minds... ?
P.S.- Perfect time for a shameless plug. If you haven't already, check out the AB4AR Top 30 from last week.
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