After Wednesday’s win over the Orioles, word went out that Manny Bañuelos was in the Yankees’ clubhouse, added to the team’s taxi squad. The next day, the team made it official that he had been added to the MLB roster, closing the circle on a decade-long journey.
If you jumped in a time machine from 2012 and came straight here, you might not be surprised to see Bañuelos on the Yankees’ roster. At that time, he was the No. 13 prospect in all of baseball, per MLB.com. If in 2012, you were told that he was with the Yankees 10 years later, you would probably think that meant that he had carved out a good career as a member of the Yankees’ rotation.