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Originally Posted by jacksonianmarch
But at the upper levels, there are a few guys who should be ready to make the leap into the bigs. Zach McAllister was a top 75 prospect this season per AOL's Frankie Piliere. He'll be in AAA this yr. Other guys with big league potential who will be in AAA include Wilkin de la Rosa, Romulo Sanchez, Christian Garcia, and Ivan Nova. All four are on the 40 man roster, and all four would have been snagged in the Rule V draft.
In AA, Bleich will take his second crack at AA after failing there status post a callup from a successful A+ stint. David Phelps will move up to AA after absolutely dominating A and A+ levels last season. DJ Mitchell will move up to AA after pitching very well in his first season between A and A+. Ryan Pope has also improved his stock after regaining some velocity, but he's so far down on the depth chart that it wont matter.
In A+, we will see a healthy Jairo Heredia, who is a top notch prospect when he isnt hurt. We should also see Adam Warren who absolutely dominated the NYP as well as Manny Banuelos who dominated A ball and had a stint in the futures game.
In A ball, we have Jose Ramirez, who turned into a legit prospect with his GCL showing. We will also see a lot of high end college pitchers end up here like Caleb Cotham, Sean Black, Gavin Brooks, and Graham Stoneburner.
Then below that, in the development leagues, we have some solid talent. Matt Richardson Nik Turley, and Mikey Obrien figure to hold down the SI rotation with Bryan Mitchell, Mariel Checo and Brett Gerritse holding down the GCL rotation along with Chris Cabrera.
Imperial, all of the above guys have their flaws, but we definitely have a long list of players who are in line to contribute at the big league level. For this upcoming yr, we have probably our second best pitching prospect big league ready with the best one probably 2 yrs away. That isnt bad.
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You just named 24 pitching prospects when talking about "players who are in line to contribute at the big level". We both know that it's impossible for that to happen.
Why don't you make a list of the pitchers who you consider the top 10 Yankees pitching prospects, and we can evaluate how much quality pitching depth the Yankees actually have. Because naming your 4th best starter in the GCL league doesn't really mean much in a serious discussion about pitching depth.