Will Deivi García bounce back in 2022?

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty ImagesAs recent as last year, Deivi García was easily the best pitching prospect in the New York Yankees’ farm system. Despite a low-90s fastball, he was as tooled up as a pitcher gets. His go-to two-pitch combination of the four-seam fastball and top-down curveball were magnificent. In 2018 and 2019, he flew through multiple levels of the minors at the ages of 19 and 20.

Even with a small 5-foot-9, 160-pound frame, some prospect evaluators saw ace potential in García. Combine plus stuff, ultra-deception, and improved command and it all makes for an extremely high ceiling. No matter which prospect list was cited, he was at worst a top-50 prospect and at best, a…