Experts look at Estevan Florial and see two different people — appropriate for a prospect who made it to the U.S. under the name Haniel d’Oleo.
One is a five-tooled future star, a 20-year-old with lightning bat and foot speed, projectable power and a quality glove and arm who teases as the Yankees’ center fielder of the future.
The other is a youngster who has trouble picking up pitches and struck out 148 times in 420 Single-A at-bats last season.
If Florial is the team’s most polarizing prospect, the system itself isn’t.
The four leading top-100 prospect lists have been released before spring training officially starts, with the Yankees cramming five or six from their ultra-loaded system onto each ranking.