It’s not the top-of-the-line prospects where the Yankees’ system separates itself from the other 29 systems in baseball. It’s the fact that the line of prospects never ends.
A prospect base that’s led by Justus Sheffield, Estevan Florial and Clint Frazier is backed by a seemingly never-ending supply of pitching, a collection of arms that any team would envy ahead of the approaching trade deadline.
For the moment at least, there may not be a true ace on the block, and the Yankees may have to settle for a lesser starter who probably wouldn’t command the prospect riches that a Jacob deGrom would.