Yanks' spring training offers preview of top prospects

NEW YORK – Yankees pitchers and catchers report to camp in two weeks, and this year’s spring training will feature a sneak peek at the organization’s top prospects.

Infielder Gleyber Torres, outfielder Clint Frazier and lefty Justus Sheffield are among the 23 non-roster players who were invited to camp according to the Yankees on Tuesday via press release.

Torres and Frazier were rated as the club’s top two prospects entering the 2017 season by Baseball America magazine. They’ll be joined in camp by right-hander James Kaprielian (No. 5), Sheffield (No. 7), right-hander Chance Adams (No. 8) and outfielder Dustin Fowler (No. 9).

Infielder Jorge Mateo (No. 4) and outfielder Aaron Judge (No. 6) will be in camp as members of the 40-man roster.

The Yankees also signed 11 players to minor league contracts with an invitation to big-league camp. That group includes catcher Wilkin Castillo and Francisco Diaz, infielders Ruben Tejada, Donovan Solano and Pete Kozma, left-hander Joe Mantiply and right-hander Nick Rumbelow.

Torres (Cubs), Frazier (Indians) and Sheffield (Indians) were the marquee players obtained in last summer’s trade deadline deals of relievers Aroldis Chapman and Andrew Miller.

Lefties Jordan Montgomery, Evan Rutckyj and Daniel Camarena, right-handers J. P. Feyereisen and Brady Lail, infielder Tyler Wade and catcher Jorge Saez – selected from Toronto in the Class AAA phase of the 2016 Rule 5 draft – round out the minor-leaguers invited to camp.

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