I went over the 25-man active roster. Those are the guys currently playing. (BTW, Tyler Austin went down and homegrown Greg Bird came off the DL, so the numbers don’t change in that regard.) If you want to break down the 40-man roster, you’ll find an even larger contingent of young players and homegrown players. The Yankees have taken a new direction in the last couple of years. (And Yankee fans love it, BTW.)
Almost none of the players you mention are in the organization. I showed you the link for the AAA Scranton Wilkes Barre roster, as well as that for the 25-man roster. I’ll enclose the link for the 40-man. You can look it up yourself. (But you won’t.)
The Yankees have been very open about their new direction. They have talked repeatedly about getting younger and more athletic (and getting under the luxury tax threshold.) There are reasons they haven’t gone after big free agents, and other than the possible Japanese transfer Shohei Otani, I don’t expect them to go after any major ones. They don’t need to. There is real depth and youth in the organization.
Watch when the rosters expand. The additions will mostly be younger guys, some with a bit of experience. A couple of veterans are on the DL, but they will be the only veterans added.
Sanchez and Severino are homegrown. They have never been in any organization but the Yankees. Ji-man Choi was an emergency pickup to help with a depleted 1B situation. He’s at SWB, and he’s a decent enough player, but nothing special. He was a minor-league free agent after getting released. Any team could have picked him up. Donovan Solano is the kind of veteran depth every team has in its farm system. he hasn’t has any major-league at bats this year, and I don’t expect him to. He’s not even on the 40-man roster. Someone would have to be released (or designated for assignment) to bring him up. Again,every team has a few depth players like that stored in AAA. It protects you from injuries and other situations.
Chapman is under contract for a few more years. Sabathia, Holliday, and Todd Frazier are free agents. I don’t expect them to sing more than two of those. Possibly just one. Tanaka can opt out. Let’s see if he does, and if the Yankees work at re-signing him if he does, or if they “go young” with Chance Adams and/or Jordan Montgomery (both homegrown.) I expect that Sabathia won’t make nearly as much next year as he is making this year — certainly not from the Yankees. Maybe if a team like the Giants is desperate enough.
Jaime Garcia, acquired at the deadline, is also a free agent. A rental player to help the playoff run. Again, something every contender does. (Yu Darvish with the Dodgers is one example.)
I expect that the Yankees won’t be too active in the free agent market, other than trying to retain some of their own. That’s how they’ve behaved the last couple of years, and with outstanding young talent such as Montgomery, Adams, Clint Frazier, Miguel Andujar (homegrown), Gleyber Torres, Tyler Austin (homegrown), Tyler Wade (homegrown), Giovanny Gallegos (homegrown), Ben Heller, Jonathan Holder (homegrown), Bryan Mitchell (homegrown), Jake Cave (homegrown), Billy McKinney, Mason Williams (homegrown), Kyle Higashioka (homegrown), Garrett Cooper, and others, they have the depth on hand to avoid having to go heavily into the market for outside talent. I know this will disappoint the Yankee haters.
I don’t see Niese on any roster, either, BTW, although he could probably contribute. (The Yankees released him on June 7. He apparently has not signed elsewhere.)
They are a very homegrown team which will be getting moreso.
Yankees 25-man roster: http://m.mlb.com/nyy/roster/
Yankees 40-man roster: http://m.mlb.com/nyy/roster/40-man/
Scranton Wilkes Barre RailRiders roster: http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?sid=t531
Trenton Thunder roster: http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?sid=t567
I forgot to mention that Tommy Kahnle is also a product of the Yankees’ system. The lost him in the Rule 5 draft a few years ago to Colorado, who sent him to the White Sox, who traded him back to the Yankees.
I forgot to mention that Tommy Kahnle is also a product of the Yankees’ system. The lost him in the Rule 5 draft a few years ago to Colorado, who sent him to the White Sox, who traded him back to the Yankees.
Check the listing from this site:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2016-transactions.shtml
concerning acquisitions since late 2015 till March of this year. You can show me rosters, but please tell me what they did with this many players that had signed into the organization. They were a part of the club. Where are they hidden? And that number really puts a damper on the idea of home grown.
And the Yankees are paying the luxury tax for the 14th straight year according to the AP:
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