Here's where Yankees Top 30 prospects are starting '22

With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where the Yankees' Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

1) Anthony Volpe (MLB No. 8), SS -- Somerset (Double-A)
2) Oswald Peraza (MLB No. 60), SS -- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Triple-A)
3) Jasson Dominguez (MLB No. 61), OF -- Tampa (Single-A)
4) Austin Wells (MLB No. 96), C -- Hudson Valley (High-A)
5) Trey Sweeney, SS -- Hudson Valley (High-A)
6) Ken Waldichuk, LHP -- Somerset (Double-A)
7) Clarke Schmidt, RHP -- New York (MLB)
8) Hayden Wesneski, RHP -- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Triple-A)
9) Yoendrys Gomez, RHP -- Injured (elbow surgery)
10) Luis Gil, RHP -- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Triple-A)
11) Everson Pereira, OF -- Hudson Valley (High-A)
12) Luis Medina, RHP -- Somerset (Double-A)
13) Roderick Arias, SS -- Dominican academy
14) Oswaldo Cabrera, INF -- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Triple-A)
15) Brock Selvidge, LHP -- Extended spring training
16) Randy Vasquez, RHP -- Somerset (Double-A)
17) Alexander Vargas, SS -- Tampa (Single-A)
18) Brandon Lockridge, OF -- Somerset (Double-A)
19) Antonio Gomez, C -- Tampa (Single-A)
20) T.J. Sikkema, LHP -- Hudson Valley (High-A)
21) Brendan Beck, RHP -- Injured (Tommy John surgery)
22) Beck Way, RHP -- Hudson Valley (High-A)
23) Justin Lange, RHP -- Extended spring training
24) J.P. Sears, LHP -- New York (MLB)
25) Cooper Bowman, 2B -- Hudson Valley (High-A)
26) Josh Breaux, C -- Somerset (Double-A)
27) Elijah Dunham, OF -- Somerset (Double-A)
28) Ron Marinaccio, RHP -- New York (MLB)
29) Deivi García, RHP -- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Triple-A)
30) Estevan Florial, OF -- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Triple-A)

Team to watch
Shortstop Anthony Volpe, MLB Pipeline's 2021 Hitting Prospect of the Year, will continue his development at Double-A Somerset. He'll be joined by left-hander Ken Waldichuk, who finished fourth in the Minors in strikeouts (163 in 110 innings) last year, and right-hander Luis Medina, who has some of the best pure stuff in the Minors.

Teams on MiLB.TV
Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
Double-A Somerset
High-A Hudson Valley

New faces
Our top-rated prospect in the 2021-22 international class, shortstop Roderick Arias will make his pro debut at age 17 this summer. Right-hander Justin Lange, acquired last month from the Padres for Luke Voit, will head to Low-A Tampa after some time in extended spring training.

On the shelf
Right-hander Yoendrys Gomez had elbow surgery last August and should return in the first half of the season, likely at Low-A Tampa. A 2021 second-round pick out of Stanford, righty Brendan Beck had Tommy John surgery two months after signing, so his pro debut will be on hold until 2023.