Happy to hear better title suggestions, but I wanted to start one collective thread for the incredible wave of U-21 position player talent that Cashman is currently attempting to assemble, so it will be interesting to watch develop (or not) over the years. NY tried something a little similar to this in 2014 by signing most of the entire class, and it did not end up developing anyone.
This time the talent level seems much more impressive, any of these seven could be an All-Star and all are currently younger than Aaron Judge was the day NY drafted him in 2013. I am going to add in Peraza who turns 22 in June and list them in order of how Fangraphs lists them on NY's prospect list:
Anthony Volpe (4/28/01), #12 overall
Oswald Peraza (6/15/00), #40 overall
Jasson Dominguez (2/7/03), #74 overall
Alexander Vargas (10/29/01), #94 overall
Everson Pereira (4/10/01), #8 NY prospect
Roderick Arias (9/9/04), #9 NY prospect
Antonio Gomez (11/13/01), #10 NY prospect
Brandon Mayea (9/12/05), #1 int'l prospect from next class, reportedly signing with NY in January
1 21 year old
4 20 year olds
1 18 year old
1 17 year old
1 16 year old
4 SS
3 CF
1 C
As I said, all of those guys have All-Star upside, all eight could be top 100 prospects a year from now (if Peraza is still eligible). Cashman has made this future hopefuly nucleus a major priority in recent years, it will be interesting to see how many of them he can/will keep in the system as they move up, and how many of them end up blossoming as hoped.
This time the talent level seems much more impressive, any of these seven could be an All-Star and all are currently younger than Aaron Judge was the day NY drafted him in 2013. I am going to add in Peraza who turns 22 in June and list them in order of how Fangraphs lists them on NY's prospect list:
Anthony Volpe (4/28/01), #12 overall
Oswald Peraza (6/15/00), #40 overall
Jasson Dominguez (2/7/03), #74 overall
Alexander Vargas (10/29/01), #94 overall
Everson Pereira (4/10/01), #8 NY prospect
Roderick Arias (9/9/04), #9 NY prospect
Antonio Gomez (11/13/01), #10 NY prospect
Brandon Mayea (9/12/05), #1 int'l prospect from next class, reportedly signing with NY in January
1 21 year old
4 20 year olds
1 18 year old
1 17 year old
1 16 year old
4 SS
3 CF
1 C
As I said, all of those guys have All-Star upside, all eight could be top 100 prospects a year from now (if Peraza is still eligible). Cashman has made this future hopefuly nucleus a major priority in recent years, it will be interesting to see how many of them he can/will keep in the system as they move up, and how many of them end up blossoming as hoped.