Long before Aaron Judge started collecting American League MVP Awards and Anthony Volpe became the first Yankees rookie to win a Gold Glove, each player got his start on the road to Major League stardom in the organization’s farm system. But even back then, before reaching the bright lights of

With more than six weeks of the Minor League season in the books, the sample sizes are swelling, and trends are beginning to emerge. It's time to start taking stock, which is what MLB Pipeline's recent market-corrected Top 100 Prospects list shakeup is all about. With that in mind, the

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It was an all-or-nothing type of day across Minor League Baseball. By which we mean, the top performers either tagged multiple homers at the plate or racked up big strikeout numbers from the mound. On Mother's Day, this Sunday's top prospect performers brought their "A" games:

On a night in which two Top 100 prospects made noise on the mound, a 24-year-old backstop in the High-A Midwest League might have stolen the spotlight by connecting on not one but a pair of grand slams. There was no shortage of action around the Minors, including a teenager

NEW YORK -- George Lombard Jr. is on the move. Ranked as the Yankees' No. 1 prospect by MLB Pipeline, the 19-year-old infielder has been promoted from High-A Hudson Valley to Double-A Somerset, as first reported Sunday by ESPN's Jeff Passan.

It took a month, but one of the top young pitchers in the sport picked up his first professional win with arguably his best outing to date. There was also plenty of fireworks on the offensive side, with a very big Yankee going very deep, a second straight four-hit night

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

1. Jasson Domínguez (MLB No. 21), OF -- New York (MLB)
2. George Lombard Jr., SS/2B -- Hudson Valley (High-A)
3. Spencer Jones, OF -- Somerset (Double-A)
4. Ben Hess, RHP

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TAMPA, Fla. -- A pair of deserving Yankees prospects picked up hardware before Tuesday’s 4-4 Grapefruit League tie with the Red Sox at George M. Steinbrenner Field, as catcher/first baseman Rafael Flores and right-hander Cam Schlittler received Kevin Lawn Awards as the club’s Minor League Position Player of the Year

SARASOTA, Fla. -- There was an audible “Ooh” from the crowd at Ed Smith Stadium, and Carlos Lagrange quickly glanced beyond the right-field wall, checking the velocity of the pitch he’d just thrown in Saturday’s 5-4 Spring Breakout loss to the Orioles. It had registered in the triple digits, and

TAMPA, Fla. -- Spencer Jones says his offseason swing changes have the Yankees prospect feeling “dangerous” heading into his fourth pro season, and the big-swinging outfielder will be a prime attraction as Major League Baseball holds its second annual Spring Breakout games. “I’m excited to be here, because there’s so

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Vanderbilt University has been churning out professional baseball players in recent years, a representation of the program built by longtime head coach Tim Corbin in Nashville, Tenn.

TAMPA, Fla. -- George Lombard Jr.’s spring could have come with plenty of caveats. He’s the youngest player in Yankees camp, the only one with a 2005 birthdate. He hasn’t played above High-A Hudson Valley. As a non-roster invite, it would be more about the experience than the production. Even

The Yankees reached the World Series for the first time in 15 years last October, falling to the Dodgers in five games. Though they’re known more for their spending, their farm system contributed as well. Luis Gil won the American League Rookie of the Year Award, while Austin Wells finished

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This story was excerpted from Bryan Hoch’s Yankees Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. TAMPA, Fla. -- There was a gleam in Spencer Jones’ eyes as he discussed the mechanical changes that he incorporated over the offseason, designed

This is an exciting time of year at MLB Pipeline. The new Top 100 prospects list is out, Spring Breakout is right around the corner, and prospects across baseball are making their presence felt in big league camps. The smell of the new season hangs in the air. And that

TAMPA, Fla. -- Each ball hit in Jasson Domínguez's direction represents a learning opportunity for the Yankees' top prospect, who is continuing a crash course in left field. No doubt, there is work to be done, from tracking drives off the bat to taking better routes. They believe he can

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- The Yankees got a potential view of the future Saturday afternoon when an overturned call from the experimental Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system sparked a big inning against the Blue Jays at TD Ballpark.