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Yankees 2021 Prospect Preview: Alexander Vargas Share this story Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports One of the few things that Yankees fans universally agree on is that matter of the Luke Voit trade. No one would deny that the swap with St. Louis was a major coup for the organization. While just adding Voit in that deal would have been more than enough to make it a win, the Yankees also acquired a significant chunk of international bonus pool allotment from St. Louis in the deal. They almost immediately combined that additional bonus pool to sign switch-hitting Cuban shortstop Alexander Vargas. ...

With the potential to contribute in the near future, 2021 is a big year for Glenn Otto and the Yankees.

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports The Yankees selected Tennessee native Ryder Green with their third-round selection in the 2018 draft. With a solid commitment to be a two-way player at Division-I powerhouse Vanderbilt, the Yankees offered Green an over-slot bonus and convinced him to join the professional ranks. Green struggled during his professional debut in the Gulf Coast League that summer, striking out over 36 percent of the time. However, he bounced back during his second season in 2019, becoming a key contributor on a very talented Rookie-Advanced Pulaski club that had the highest winnin...

USA TODAY NETWORK After failing to register with Major League Baseball in 2015 ahead of international free agency, Ezequiel Duran was unable to sign with any major league team after reaching his 16th birthday. As he worked out his paperwork issues, he fell off the radar of teams that had previously been interested in the talented young player. Not until two years later did he sign with the Yankees and begin to emerge as a serious prospect of note. After signing with the Yankees in 2017, Duran immediately showed his potential by racking up a 222 wRC+ in the Dominican Summer League. That perfo...

Yankees 2021 Prospects Preview: Kevin Alcantara Share this story Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images One of the top outfield prospects in the 2018 international free agent class, Kevin Alcantara flashed numerous tools early on in the scouting process. Standing 6-foot-5 by the time he officially signed with the Yankees in July 2018, he was earning frequent comparisons to long time major leaguer Dexter Fowler. The Yankees aggressively promoted Alcantara to the Gulf Coast League (GCL) after just nine games in the 2019 Dominican Summer League. At the time of his promotion, he became the only 16-ye...