Randy Miller | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

ARLINGTON, Texas — A long-time Major League scout who is highly respected in his field has seen a lot of the Yankees' farm clubs this season.

His biggest takeaway?

He was very impressed with the Yankees' talent and depth before and after GM Brian Cashman traded eight prospects in July in three deals that added five veterans to the Major League club.

“The Yankees have good people and they do a good job of getting kids better,” the scout told NJ Advance Media. “The Latin kids that they have signed have taken leaps and bounds this year as far as getting better. It’s unbelievable.

"There are a bunch of guys that they’ve got that have got a chance to be big leaguers down the road. I’ll tell you what, even after the trades, next year if they wanted to make a trade for something big, they can make a trade and not miss what they’ve traded.”

Here’s the scout’s take on 19 of the Yankees' best prospects:

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Albert Abreu, RHP

Age: 21 (22 on Sept. 26)

Acquired: Traded by Houston Astros to Yankees on Nov. 17, 2016 with RHP Jorge Guzman for C Brian McCann.

Yankees prospect ranking: MLB Pipeline, No. 8.

2017 stats: Tampa (High-A), 1-3, 4.19 ERA, 9 starts, 34.1 IP, 33 hits, 17 runs, 16 ER, 2 HR, 15 BB, 31 K. Charleston (Low-A), 1-0, 1.84 ERA, 3 games, 2 starts, 14.2 IP, 9 hits, 3 runs, 3 ER, 1 HR, 3 BB, 22 K.

2017 Florida State League playoff stats: Tampa (high-A), 0-1, 3.18 ERA, 1 start, 5.2 IP, 3 hits, 2 runs, 2 ER, 4 BB, 5 K.

Scout's take: "Like him. He throws hard. He's got a chance to be good. I saw him up to 97 (mph) with a good curveball. He has a chance to have a good curveball."

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Domingo Acevedo, RHP

Age: 23 (24 on March 6, 2018)

Acquired: Signed as amateur free agent for $7,500 on Oct. 16, 2012.

Yankees prospect ranking: MLB Pipeline, No. 7.

2017 stats: Trenton (AA) 5-1, 2.34 ERA, 14 starts, 79.1 IP, 65 hits, 23 runs, 21 ER, 8 HR, 17 BB, 82 K. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA), 1-1, 4.38 ERA, 2 starts, 12.1 IP, 12 hits, 6 runs, 6 ER, 8 BB, 8 K. Tampa (High-A), 0-4, 4.57 ERA, 7 starts, 41.1 IP, 49 hits, 29 runs, 21 ER, 5 HR, 9 BB, 52 K.

2017 Eastern League playoffs: Trenton (AA), 0 games. Placed on disabled list Aug. 21 with a fatigued right shoulder. (Trenton won best-of-five East Division championship 3-games-to-1)

Scout's take: "Acevedo throws hard and he has a good changeup. It's going to depend on if he can come up with a half-decent slider, which I've seen at 83-84. One time you'll see it and you think, 'OK, this has a chance to be average,' then you'll see it the next time and it's (not good).' You've got to use it to get better."

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Chance Adams, RHP

Acquired: 2015 draft, 5th round

Yankees prospect ranking: MLB Pipeline, No. 3

2017 stats: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA), 11-5, 2.89 ERA, 21 starts, 115.1 IP, 81 hits, 39 runs, 37 ER, 9 HR, 43 BB, 103 K. Trenton (AA), 4-0, 1.03 ERA, 6 starts, 35 IP, 23 hits, 6 runs, 4 ER, 2 HR, 15 BB, 32 K.

2017 International League playoffs: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA), 1-0, 3.60 ERA, 1 start, 5 IP, 5 hits, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 5 K. (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre won best-of-five Governor's Cup semifinal series 3-games-to-1)

Scout's take: "I'd call this guy up right now and see what I could get out of him in September. I love the guy. He's aggressive. He attacks the strike zone. He works the bottom of the strike zone. His critics talk about his changeup, but this game has changed. Clayton Kershaw has pitched five years without using a change."

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Miguel Andujar, 3B

Age: 22 (23 on March 2, 2018)

Acquired: Signed as amateur free agent for $750,000 on July 2, 2011.

Bats: Right

Yankees prospect ranking: MLB.Pipeline No. 6.

2017 hitting stats: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA), .317 average, 227 AB, 36 runs, 72 hits, 13 doubles, 1 triple, 9 HR, 30 RBIs, 17 BB, 33 K, 58 games. Trenton (AA), .312 average, 253 AB, 30 runs, 79 hits, 23 doubles, 1 triple, 7 HR, 52 RBIs, 12 BB, 38 K, 2 SB, 3 CS, 67 games. Yankees (MLB), .750 average, 4 AB, 3 hits, 1 double, 0 HR, 4 RBIs, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 game.

2017 fielding stats: Has committed 17 errors in 115 games (114 starts) at 3rd base.

2017 International League playoffs: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA), .294 average, 17 AB, 1 run, 5 hits, 3 doubles, 1 HR, 3 RBIs, 0 BB, 1 K, 4 games. (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre won best-of-five Governor's Cup semifinal series 3-games-to-1)

Scout's take: "Andujar is starting to figure it out. I like his power. He's got arm strength. I think he's going to be all right at third. He's gotten better at third. He still needs some work, but he's still young. At the plate, I think he's figuring some things out. I know in his first big-league game he had three hits and they were three rockets. He swung the bat like that in the Fall League last year, and that's when I started noticing him. I said then, 'OK, he's really starting to figure some things out offensively."

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Oswaldo Cabrera, 3B

Age: 18 (19 on March 1, 2018)

Acquired: Signed by Yankees as amateur free agent out of Venezuela on July 2, 2015.

Bats: Switch-hitter

2017 hitting stats: Charleston (low-A), .242 average, 318 AB, 37 runs, 77 hits, 11 doubles, 4 HR, 37 RBIs, 26 BB, 46 K, 6 SB, 0 CS, 89 games. Staten Island (short season A), .289 average, 90 AB, 12 runs, 26 hits, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 0 HR, 16 RBIs, 4 BB, 11 K, 2 SB, 1 CS, 32 games.

2017 fielding stats: Has committed 2 errors in 41 games (39 starts) at 3rd base and 6 errors in 30 games (29 starts) at shortstop.

2017 South Atlantic League playoffs: .000 average, 11 AB, 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 HR, 0 RBIs, 0 BB, 1 K, 3 games. (Charleston lost a best-of-three first round series 2-games-to-1)

Scout's take: "This kid has a chance to be pretty good. He's just so young that the Yankees have to be really patient with him. But he can play defense and he's going to have a chance to swing the bat with some power down the road."

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Jake Cave, OF

Age: 24 (25 on Dec. 4)

Acquired: 2011 draft, 6th round

Yankees prospect ranking: MLB Pipeline, No. 19.

Bats: Left

2017 hitting stats: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA), .324 average, 278 AB, 47 runs, 90 hits, 13 doubles, 3 triples, 15 HR, 38 RBIs, 18 BB, 82 K, 72 games. Trenton (AA) .266 average, 128 AB, 19 runs, 34 hits, 13 doubles, 2 triples, 5 HR, 18 RBIs, 10 BB, 33 K, 1 SB, 0 CS, 31 games.

2017 International League playoffs: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA), .077 average, 13 AB, 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 HR, 0 RBIs, 0 BB, 3 K, 4 games. (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre won best-of-five Governor's Cup semifinal series 3-games-to-1)

Scout's take: "He's a guy I look at and shake my head because when I saw Cave in Tampa, I liked him. Then I saw him the next year and I kind of backed off him. Then last year during spring training, I saw him early and I was like, 'This guy has a chance to be good.' Then he hit a slump, and it was a bad slump. It was always off and on, off and on, then this year I saw him and I'm thinking, 'Maybe he's an extra outfielder (in the big leagues someday). Then he started putting up numbers that make me saw, 'Wow.' Summing him up, he's always had ability, but for me he's still an extra outfielder."

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Rashad Crawford, OF

Age: 23 (24 on Oct. 15)

Acquired: Traded by Chicago Cubs to Yankees with SS Gleyber Torres, RF Billy McKinney and RHP Adam Warren for LHP Aroldis Chapman on July 25, 2016.

Bats: Left

2017 hitting stats: Trenton (AA), .210 average, 376 AB, 57 runs, 79 hits, 13 doubles, 4 triples, 5 HR, 32 RBIs, 28 BB, 92 K, 16 SB, 4 CS, 106 games.

2017 fielding stats: Has 5 assists and 3 errors in 85 games (82 starts) playing center field, 0 assists and 0 errors in 6 games playing left field, no assists and no errors in 12 games (11 starts) playing right field.

2017 Eastern League playoffs: .429 average, 7 AB, 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 double, 0 HR, 0 RBIs, 2 BB, 1 K, 2 games. (Trenton won best-of-five East Division championship 3-games-to-1)

Scout's take: "You can go in and watch this guy one day and say, 'Damn, this guy has some ability.' Then you can see him the next two days and in your head you're thinking, 'What the hell is going on?' He doesn't bring energy for a speed guy."

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Thairo Estrada, SS

Age: 21 (22 on Feb. 22, 2018)

Acquired: Signed by Yankees as amateur free agent out of Venezuela in November 2012 for $49,000.

Bats: Right

Yankees prospect ranking: MLB Pipeline, No. 19.

2017 hitting stats: Trenton (AA) .301 average, 495 AB, 72 runs, 149 hits, 19 doubles, 4 triples, 6 HR, 48 RBIs, 34 BB, 56 K, 8 SB, 11 CS, 122 games.

2017 fielding stats: Committed 17 errors in 90 games (89 starts) at shortstop, 0 errors in 23 games (22 starts) at 2nd base, 0 errors in 3 games (3 starts) at 3rd base.

2017 Eastern League playoff stats: Trenton (AA), .500 average, 16 AB, 5 runs, 8 hits, 1 doubles, 1 triple, 1 HR, 5 RBIs, 1 BB, 1 K, 4 games. (Trenton won best-of-five East Division championship 3-games-to-1)

Scout's take: "The more that you look at Estrada, the more you say at worst he's a big-league utility guy. He puts the bat all the ball. He can play defense. He's got instincts. He's a plus runner now. Last year he was a fringy runner. I don't know what he did, but it's working. He's a gap guy. I don't think he's ever going to hit for much power, but every now and then he'll drive one out of the ballpark."

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Estevan Florial, CF

Age: 19 (20 on Nov. 25)

Acquired: Signed as amateur free agent for $200,000 on March 19, 2015.

Bats: Left

Yankees prospect ranking: MLB Pipeline No. 4.

2017 hitting stats: Tampa (high-A), .297 average, 76 AB, 13 runs, 23 hits, 2 doubles, 2 triples, 2 HR, 14 RBIs, 9 BB, 24 K, 6 SB, 1 CS, 19 games. Charleston (low-A), .297 average, 344 AB, 64 runs, 102 hits, 21 doubles, 5 triples, 11 HR, 43 RBIs, 41 BB, 124 K, 17 SB, 7 CS, 91 games.

2017 fielding stats: Has 4 assists and 3 errors in 80 games (78 starts) in center field, 1 error and 1 assists in left field, 1 assists and no errors in 13 games in left field.

2017 Florida State League playoff stats: Tampa (high-A), .400 average, 10 AB, 3 runs, 4 hits, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 SB, 3 games. (Tampa lost a best-of-three first round series 2-games-to-1)

Scout's take: "Love him! Blake Rutherford, who the Yankees just traded after taking him in the first round last year, is more polished and the more sure bet. Florial is more dynamic, and if he plays like everybody hopes he plays, he can play in multiple All-Star Games. I'll put my neck out on the line for that one. He can really run. When he wants to run, he's a 7 tool. He hit a groundball and I looked at my watch and I had 3.93 (seconds to first base). Another scout at 3.94. The next time he hit a groundball, I got 4 flat. So he can run. He can play defense. He can throw. He went back in the alley to catch a ball and a guy is going to go first to third on him, and he comes up throwing and I'm like, 'That's at least a 6 arm. And he can hit. He's got 14 home runs between Charleston and Tampa. He hits foul pole to foul pole with a good swing path. He strikes out a lot, but he's 19 years old and up in the Florida State League hitting .300. He reminds me of a guy who never panned out in the big leagues. Remember Felix Pie? That's who Florial reminds me of, but I think he has a better chance to succeed. The tools are very similar, but Pie just never panned out. There's a little Eric Davis in Florial, too. I love this kid. You wait until you see this kid. There are times he may look overmatched because he's 19 years old and he's going to swing and miss, but the tool set that this kid has, holy hell. He's a bona fide center fielder for me. You look at him, and first of all this guy is from Haiti. Then you look at his body and he's a 6-foot-1 version of Aroldis Chapman. When he fills out, this guy is going to be a greyhound. This kid for me has a chance to be special."

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Clint Frazier, LF

Age: 22 (23 on Sept. 6)

Acquired: Traded by Cleveland Indians to Yankees with RHP Ben Heller, RHP J.P. Feyereisen and LHP Justus Sheffield for LHP Andrew Miller on July 31, 2016.

Bats: Right

Yankees prospect ranking: MLB.com, No. 2.

2017 hitting stats: Yankees, .243 average, 111 AB, 12 runs, 27 hits, 8 doubles, 3 triples, 4 HR, 17 RBIs, 5 BB, 34 K, 1 SB, 0 CS, 28 games. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA), .256 average, 273 AB, 46 runs, 70 hits, 19 doubles, 2 triples, 12 HR, 42 RBIs, 37 BB, 69 K, 3 SB, 74 games..

2017 fielding stats: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA), .000 average, 0 errors in 23 games in left field, 1 error in 14 games in right field.

2017 Eastern League playoff stats: Trenton (AA), .118 average, 17 AB, 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 HR, 2 RBIs, 0 BB, 10 K, 4 games. (Trenton won best-of-five East Division championship 3-games-to-1)

Scout's take: "I always liked Dustin Fowler better than Clint - I think Fowler is going to be a perennial All-Star in the big leagues - but I was impressed what Frazier did this year after the Yankees called him up. When I saw him in Scranton, there were days I was impressed and other days when I thought, 'Does he even want to be out here?' He's got a rep – you can talk to any scout – but the ability is there."

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Kyle Holder, INF

Age: 23 (24 on May 25, 2018)

Acquired: 2015 draft, 1st round (30th overall)

Bats: Left]

2017 hitting stats: Tampa (high-A), .271 average, 406 AB, 41 runs, 110 hits, 16 doubles, 2 triples, 4 HR, 44 RBIs, 26 BB, 62 K, 4 SB, 3 CS, 104 games.

2017 fielding stats: Has committed 8 errors in 64 games (59 starts) at shortstop, 2 errors in 26 games (23 starts) at 3rd base, 2 errors in 14 games (14 starts) at 2nd base.

2017 Florida State League playoff stats: Tampa (high-A), .091 average, 14 AB, 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 3 K, 3 games. (Tampa lost a best-of-three first round series 2-games-to-1)

Scout's take: "Holder can really play defense, but the bat was soft in college and it's soft now. The one crazy thing about it is he doesn't strike out a whole lot, but there isn't a whole lot that comes off his bat with impact."

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Luis Medina, RHP

Age: 18 (19 on May 3, 2018).

Acquired: Signed as amateur free agent for $280,000 out of Nagua, Dominican Republic on July 8, 2015.

Yankees prospect ranking: MLB.com, No. 27.

2017 stats: Pulaski (rookie), 1-1, 5.09 ERA, 6 starts, 23 IP, 14 hits, 14 runs, 13 ER, 1 HR, 14 BB, 22 K. Dominican Summer League Yankees (Rookie), 1-1, 5.74 ERA, 15.2 IP, 17 hits, 15 runs, 10 ER, 10 BB, 17 K.

2017 Appalachian League playoffs: Pulaski (rookie), 1-1, 6.75 ERA, 2 starts, 8 IP, 11 hits, 8 runs, 6 ER, 5 BB, 8 K. (Pulaski lost a best-of-three first-round series 2-games-to-0)

Scout's take: "This kid is 18 years old and I saw him sink 97 (mph) one day. He gets up to 99, and he does it easy. He has some spin to the breaking ball. This kid is young and he has a chance to be a big-league starter down the road, and the Yankees have of lot of good-looking prospects like this."

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Hoy Jun Park, SS/2B

Age: 21 (22 on April 7, 2018)

Acquired: Signed as international free agent for $1.2 million in July 2014.

Bats: Left

Yankees prospect ranking: MLB.com, No. 20.

2017 hitting stats: Tampa (high A), .213 average, 94 AB, 20 runs, 20 hits, 6 doubles, 1 triple, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 13 BB, 14 K, 7 SB, 0 CS, 16 games. Charleston (Low-A), .262 average, 324 AB, 53 runs, 85 hits, 6 doubles, 5 triples, 6 HR, 34 RBIs, 39 BB, 63 K, 18 SB, 7 CS, 86 games.

2017 fielding stats: Has 16 errors in 62 games at shortstop, 5 errors in 45 games at 2nd base.

2017 Florida State League playoff stats: Tampa (high-A), .214 average, 14 AB, 1 run, 3 hits, 1 HR, 2 RBIs, 1 BB, 5 K, 3 games. (Tampa lost a best-of-three first round series 2-games-to-1)

Scout's take: "Park played better for me this year. He's got a chance to be a big leaguer as a utility guy. He's a Tyler Wade-type guy."

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Freicer Perez, RHP

Age: 21 (22 on March 14, 2018)

Acquired: Signed as amateur free agent out of the Dominican Republic for $10,000 on Feb. 12, 2015.

Yankees prospect ranking: MLB Pipeline, No. 11.

2017 stats: Charleston (low-A), 10-3, 2.84 ERA, 24 starts, 123.2 IP, 96 hits, 53 runs, 39 ER, 5 HR, 14 HBP, 45 BB, 117 K.

2017 South Atlantic League playoffs: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 6 IP, 4 hits, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 9 K.(Charleston lost a best-of-three first round series 2-games-to-1)

Scout's take: "Perez has a good arm. I've seen it up to 98. You see flashes of a slider, a curveball, a changeup. He's young and he's got to learn how to repeat it, but you see flashes of it. I give him a chance to be a starter down the road."

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Donny Sands, C

Age: 21 (22 on May 16, 2018)

Drafted: 2015, 8th round

Bats: Right

Yankees prospect ranking: MLB Pipeline, No. 25.

2017 hitting stats: Tampa (high-A), .306 average, 62 AB, 9 runs, 19 hits, 5 doubles, 2 HR, 10 RBIs, 5 BB, 10 K, 17 games. Charleston (low-A), .269 average, 286 AB, 31 runs, 77 hits, 17 doubles, 2 HR, 45 RBIs, 21 BB, 53 K, 0 SB, 3 CS, 76 games.

2017 catching stats: Sands has 8 errors, 25 passed balls in in 93 games and has thrown out 40 of 162 basestealers (24.7 percent).

2017 Florida State League playoff stats: Tampa (high-A), .182 average, 11 AB, 0 run, 2 hist, 1 double, 0 HR, 0 RBIs, 0 BB, 0 K, 3 games. (Tampa lost a best-of-three first round series 2-games-to-1)

Scout's take: "I know the Yankees like Sands, but I don't think he can catch. You can tell he's just learning how to catch, but it ain't very good right now. He's killing pitchers. He taking pitches out of the strike zone and he can't throw anyone out. The bat is OK. I'd like to see more. I don't know how much power he's going to have."

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Justus Sheffield, LHP

Age: 21 (22 on May 13, 2018)

Acquired: Traded by Cleveland Indians to Yankees with RHP Ben Heller, RHP J.P. Feyereisen and OF Clint Frazier for LHP Andrew Miller on July 31, 2016.

Yankees prospect ranking: MLB Pipeline, No. 5.

2017 stats: Trenton (AA), 7-6, 3.18 ERA, 17 starts, 93.1 IP, 94 hits, 43 runs, 33 ER, 14 HR, 33 BB, 82 K. Gulf Coast League (rookie), 0-1, 1.93 ERA, 2 starts, 4.2 IP, 4 hits, 1 run, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K.

2017 Eastern League playoffs: Trenton (AA), 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 start, 4 IP, 0 hits, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 HBP, 2 BB, 3 K. Pitched first 4 innings of a combined no-hitter with Taylor Wedener in a 2-0 win over Binghamton in Game 3 of a first-round series on Sept. 8. (Trenton won best-of-five East Division championship 3-games-to-1)

Scout's take: "Like him. Like him a lot. He's athletic, he has a presence and he competes like hell on the mound. Real good slider. When I saw him, his fastball topped out about 95-96. He dominated the Eastern League at 20 years old, and a lot of people don't look at things like that. I give him a chance to be a No. 3 starter."

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Nick Solak, 2B

Age: 22 (23 on Jan. 11)

Acquired: 2016 draft, 2nd round as a college junior out of Louisville.

Bats: Right

Yankees prospect ranking: MLB Pipeline, No. 9.

2017 hitting stats: Trenton (AA), .301 average, 119 AB, 16 runs, 34 hits, 9 doubles, 1 triple, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 10 BB, 24 K, 30 games. Tampa (High-A), .302 average, 354 AB, 59 runs, 107 hits, 18 doubles, 4 triples, 11 HR, 45 RBI, 53 BB, 76 K, 13 SB, 4 CS, 100 games.

2017 fielding stats: Has committed 17 errors in 122 games (118 starts) at 2nd base.

2017 Eastern League playoff stats: Trenton (AA), .188 average, 16 AB, 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 double, 0 HR, 4 RBIs, 0 BB, 2 K, 4 games. (Trenton won best-of-five East Division championship 3-games-to-1)

Scout's view: "Solak swings the bat for me pretty good and he's a gamer. It's a matter of him getting better at second base. He's going to have to take a lot of groundball work and work of his footwork. But if Dan Uggla can play second base – and we all know how he played second base – but he hit for power. But Uggla made himself into a halfway decent second baseman, so you could run him out there every day. If Solak can be that, he has a chance to play in the big leagues because he can hit. It's almost as if he doesn't know how to read hops. His footwork gets tangled up. He's got a long ways to go at second base. I've told people, 'This might be a guy that you throw out there in left field and let him hit and see if the power is going to come because he can run a little bit and he's athletic."

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Gleyber Torres, SS

Age: 20 (21 on Dec. 13)

Acquired: Traded by Chicago Cubs to Yankees with OF Billy McKinney, OF Rashad Crawford and RHP Adam Warren for LHP Aroldis Chapman on July 25, 2016.

Bats: Right

Yankees prospect ranking: MLB Pipeline, No. 1.

2017 hitting stats: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA), .309 average, 81 AB, 9 runs, 25 hits, 4 doubles, 1 triple, 2 HR, 16 RBIs, 13 BB, 26 K, 2 SB, 2 CS, 23 games. Trenton (AA), .273 average, 121 AB, 22 runs, 33 hits, 10 doubles, 1 triple, 5 HR, 18 RBI, 18 BB, 20 K, 6 SB, 5 CS, 32 games.

2017 fielding stats: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA), 2 errors in 9 games at 3rd base, 2 errors in 9 games at shortstop, 0 errors in 5 games at 2nd base. Trenton (AA), 0 errors in 19 games at shortstop, 0 errors in 6 games at 3rd base, 0 errors in 5 games at 2nd base.

Scout's take: "He's going to come back next year, and whenever he's ready, I think Gleyber Torres plays third base. It's just a matter of time before he's ready. When he was in Double-A, he looked bored. He would make some plays like he needed a challenge. But I'll tell you what, last fall in the Fall League … holy hell! He's far beyond his years as a player. People ask me where he's going to play and I say, 'Move him to third because they have Didi Gregorius at shortstop.' I would keep Starlin Castro at second because he's been playing with Didi for a while, so move Torres to third. Gleyber's only going to get better there from here on out. Miguel Cabrera is a decent comparison for Torres, although I wouldn't go full fledge on it. When Gleyber's in his prime, I see him Gleyber probably hitting .270 to .275 with 20 to 25 homers, but then there might be that one year where he hits .310 with 35 homers. I've got him becoming an All-Star. I don't think he'll be a perennial All-Star, but I think he'll play in multiple All-Star Games."

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Saul Torres, C

Age: 18 (19 on Feb. 19)

Acquired: Signed as amateur free agent out of Dominican Republic on July 2, 2016. Bats: Right

2017 hitting stats: Pulaski (rookie), .174 average, 178 AB, 16 hits, 31 hits, 6 doubles, 6 HR, 23 RBIs, 10 BB, 69 K, 0 SB, 1 CS, 46 games. (Pulaski lost a best-of-three first-round series 2-games-to-0)

2017 catching stats: Torres has 7 errors, 18 passed balls and has thrown out 20 of 52 basestealers (38.5 percent) in 39 games.

2017 Appalachian League playoffs: Pulaski: 0 games; Put on 60-day disabled list on Sept. 6 with undisclosed injury.

Scout's view: "This kid has a 65-70 arm and he's a strong-bodied kid with raw power and he works. He's just so young right now that you've got to be real patient with the bat because there's not a lot that comes off right now. There's a lot of swing and miss, but damn, if it pans out, he has a chance to be a pretty good catcher."

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