Weekly Prospects Check In: Chance Adams

The Yankees have more than a few hidden gems in the starting pitching department down on the farm system and we have gushed over Jordan Montgomery a ton over the last couple of days but I don't Chance Adams to get discouraged or feel left out. Adams was actually a guy I was really high on when the Yankees drafted him and I even predicted that he would be the first to hit the Major Leagues after being drafted in 2015 Draft and I even asked the question whether he could reach the Major Leagues by September of last year.

I was that high on Adams and just because he didn't make it last September or hasn't made it since doesn't mean I am necessarily down on the guy. When those predictions were made it was widely thought that Adams was going to be a bullpen piece for the Yankees going forward but New York has decided to stretch him out and give him every shot to fail as a starter. Thus far that has turned out to be one of the better decisions the Yankees have made recently.

I have included Adams 2015 stats as well so this can serve as not only just a weekly check in post but as a bit of a catch up post as well. Enjoy.

Year	Age	Lev	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
2015	20	A+-A-A-	3	1	1.78	14	0	35.1	24	11	7	0	9	45	0.934	6.1	0.0	2.3	11.5
2015	20	A-	1	0	0.93	4	0	9.2	5	2	1	0	3	13	0.828	4.7	0.0	2.8	12.1
2015	20	A	1	1	3.09	5	0	11.2	7	6	4	0	4	16	0.943	5.4	0.0	3.1	12.3
2015	20	A+	1	0	1.29	5	0	14.0	12	3	2	0	2	16	1.000	7.7	0.0	1.3	10.3
2016	21	AA-A+	13	1	2.34	24	23	123.0	73	37	32	9	37	134	0.894	5.3	0.7	2.7	9.8
2016	21	A+	5	0	2.65	12	12	57.2	41	18	17	4	15	73	0.971	6.4	0.6	2.3	11.4
2016	21	AA	8	1	2.07	12	11	65.1	32	19	15	5	22	61	0.827	4.4	0.7	3.0	8.4

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