The Yankees system remains deep despite a series of trades in 2021 that brought in Joey Gallo, Andrew Heaney, Clay Holmes, Anthony Rizzo and Jameson Taillon but cost them Top 100 Prospects Roansy Contreras and Ezequiel Duran and a dozen other notable farmhands. They’re especially swimming in shortstops, which may explain why they didn’t pursue Carlos Correa, Corey Seager, Javier Báez, Trevor Story and Marcus Semien on the free-agent market this offseason.
Then there’s also 2021 first-rounder Trey Sweeney, one of the best bats in last year’s college class and Roderick Arias, the top-rated talent in the 2021-22 international crop. As well as Oswaldo Cabrera, who slugged 29 homers between Double-A and Triple-A last season, and Alexander Vargas, a silky smooth defender who flashes well-above-average speed.
Though New York’s five best prospects are all position players — something that last happened in 2017, when that group included Aaron Judge and Gleyber Torres — they have several…
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