Monday, February 1, 2016

TGP Prospects Month Top 29 Prospects - #29


It’s that time of the year again Yankees family, it’s when I tackle the impossible task of trying to rank the top prospects inside the Yankees organization during our annual Prospects Month. Now normally, either for the sake of simplicity or for the sake of being a little bit different, we release one prospect a day to make up a Top 28 Prospect List but this time around there are 29 days in the month so we’re going with a Top 29 Prospects list. We start at the bottom and build up anticipation so today we bring you the 29th best prospect in the Yankees organization in my opinion, Thairo Estrada.

Estrada is a shortstop by trade but was recently bumped from the position to give first round draft pick Kyle Holder the innings there in his first professional season. Estrada is not the biggest guy on the field and is what I like to call the Brett Gardner of the infield but he’s athletic enough and has a strong enough arm to make it at second base in the big leagues. Estrada, if he continues on this path of development, has a real shot at reaching the Major Leagues and sticking around for a while.

Thairo Estrada
5'10" 155 lbs. shortstop and second baseman
Year Age Lev G PA R H 2B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
2013 17 Rk 49 199 28 49 11 2 17 7 12 30 .278 .350 .432 .782
2014 18 A--Rk 23 90 13 22 3 0 6 8 7 11 .272 .337 .309 .646
2014 18 Rk 6 23 2 6 2 0 4 0 1 4 .273 .304 .364 .668
2014 18 A- 17 67 11 16 1 0 2 8 6 7 .271 .348 .288 .637
2015 19 A- 63 279 37 66 17 2 23 8 23 30 .267 .338 .360 .698
Also, just for an even number’s sake, if I were to pick a 30th prospect for a nice, round and even number I would have gone with left-handed relief pitcher James Pazos. Pazos proved last season in a small sample size that he was capable of getting Major League hitters out and especially capable of limiting left-handed batters at the big league level. You don’t get added to the Wild Card Playoff round roster for nothing!

29. Thairo Estrada
30. James Pazos


Check back in tomorrow when we cover our 28th best prospect in the organization and all month long as we count down to #1. This is Prospects Month 2016. 

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