Mateo and Wade were on different tracks when 2016 started. Wade was thought of as a contact hitter with little power. He played well in 2015 but had way too many errors. His BA slipped once he was promoted to AA and, with underwhelming natural talent and a poor performance in the 2015 AFL, Wade enterered this year more with more questions than answers for the Yankees.
Not so for Mateo. 2015 saw him establish himself as one the most exciting prospects in baseball. After being promoted to High A, he slashed .321/.374/.452 with an .826 OPS, all of which were improvements on his Low A numbers.