Today, we follow Velazquez’s path to the Yankees. On January 5, 2021, the New York Yankees signed Bronx native Andrew Velazquez to a minor league contract. However, in the Morris Park section of The Bronx, the young man is determined to make it to Yankee Stadium this season. He recently said: “I’ll bust my ass to get on the Yankee roster.”
Velazquez says he was a Yankee fan ever since he was a baby. He attended Fordham Prep, where he was a star player. He was a seventh-round pick of the Diamondbacks in 2012.