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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
That's the question, isn't it?
Volpe just looks like a nice player; classic Yankee Hype prospect, like literally dozens before him.
I have no doubt he's a big leaguer, probably even a pretty good one - but I don't see a superstar here. And if, as is being suggested, he's not going to stick at SS - his bat is pretty average at 3b. I don't question him as a top 25ish prospect but I can't talk myself into seeing him as a top 5-8 guy as most lists have him.
Dominguez is truly remarkable as a physical specimen and raw clay but raw is really the operative term here. He's incredibly young but while that speaks to his ability to continue to develop, it also does make me ask if a dude that built, that young, just maxed early and doesn't have anywhere else to go. His approach really needs to take a step forward or his ceiling is Adolis Garcia (and I have little/no confidence in Garcia's staying power; flash but little substance).
Peraza to me looks like a glove first player but he does have some intriguing tools here and there. A 15HR/25 SB guy w/ a .775 OPS is a borderline All Star.
Anybody else in the top 100 from the Yankees system is just Yankee bias. I'm not buying it.
Torres would be somewhat intriguing given his youth and relatively recent dominance (last couple years notwithstanding).
If they could get a window with Torres and work on more palatable extension (seemingly unlikely, but a possibility), Dominguez, Volpe and Peraza? Maybe that's enough? It's a TON of infielders, though. They'll want a pitcher in there with an emphasis on upside over proximity, so maybe Yoendrys Gomez?
And man, at SOME point the Yankees would ask themselves about their organizational depth, wouldn't they? They can't just send stop-gaps like Donaldson out there at 3b forever. I guess DJLM and IKF can hold down 2b and SS respectively but they'd have next to nothing left on the farm.
To get a Soto deal, I think you'd have to have Soto call the shot. Soto would have to simply say he's unwilling to discuss an extension with anyone but the Yankees and put his thumb on the scale.
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Soto would have to really want to be a Yankee in order to say he wouldn't talk extension with anyone else. There are several clubs with the cash and ability to win that could give him the same extensions.
I just don't think the Cardinals are truly a player as long as DeWitt and Mo keep putting 2 million people in the stands. The TV money will be there but until people stop spending money, they don't really need to be more competitive.