In a surprise move, the New York Yankees non-tendered former top prospect Jacob Lindgren Friday evening before the 8 pm deadline to extend contracts to players before the 2017 season. Lindgren was ranked the eighth best prospect in the team’s system as recently as 2015 by Baseball America, so the decision to cut ties with him at this point is pretty notable.
It was announced in August that Lindgren would require Tommy John surgery after being sidelined the majority of the season with elbow issues. His 2015 campaign was also cut short by an arm injury when he had surgery to remove a bone chip from his left elbow.