Yankees fans know full well that Gleyber Torres was recently promoted to Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes/Barre. They can almost see him playing in the Bronx. But not every top rated player in the system has given truth to the promise. If you’re a big fan of Jorge Mateo’s, you might not want to read the rest of this piece.
But, as always, some players have risen with less fanfare to become real big time prospects. Which is the main reason to have a deep system: uncertainty. It takes time to see who develops. However, it takes far less time to see the players who started as dreams but have become passing fancies.