No team has traded more prospects since the start of last year than the Yankees, who have parted with 17 players who appeared on organization Top 30 Prospects lists.And in December 2024, they dealt two guys who couldn't crack their Top 30 but went on to have strong rookie seasons in the Majors in Carlos Narváez and Caleb Durbin.
Those transactions contributed to New York making the playoffs for the eighth time in the last nine seasons, as did homegrown rookies Jasson Domínguez and Cam Schlittler. All of those departures and graduations also took an obvious toll on the farm system, leaving it with less depth than most.
The Yankees still have an impressive collection of top-end talent in the Minors. Right-handers Carlos Lagrange and Elmer Rodríguez -- the latter acquired from the Red Sox for Narváez -- both could make an impact in New York this season. George Lombard Jr. is a potential 25-25 shortstop who's a little further away, and he could be supplanted as the organization's top prospect by sweet-swinging Dax Kilby, a supplemental first-round pick last July.
1 George Lombard Jr INF
2 Carlos Lagrange RHP
3 Elmer Rodríguez RHP
4 Dax Kilby SS
5 Ben Hess RHP
6 Spencer Jones OF
7 Bryce Cunningham RHP
8 Chase Hampton RHP
9 Thatcher Hurd RHP
10 Pico Kohn LHP
11 Kyle Carr LHP
12 Core Jackson SS/2B
13 Kaeden Kent SS
14 Henry Lalane LHP
15 Brock Selvidge LHP
16 Cade Smith RHP
17 Cade Winquest RHP
18 Wilson Rodriguez OF
19 Stiven Marinez SS
20 Jace Avina OF
21 Rory Fox RHP
22 Brendan Beck RHP
23 Xavier Rivas LHP
24 Mac Heuer RHP
25 Jack Cebert RHP
26 Allen Facundo LHP
27 Harrison Cohen RHP
28 Eric Reyzelman RHP
29 Mani Cedeno SS
30 Tony Rossi RHP[
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