A Major League scout singled out an under-the-radar infielder prospect from each of their full-season minor-league clubs to be excited about.
Four infielder Yankees prospects to keep tabs on are Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre’s Caleb Durbin, High A Hudson Valley’s Roc Riggio, Low A Tampa’s Emmanuel Tejeda and Double-A Somerset’s Ben Cowles.This was an item in our free, three-times-weekly newsletter, “Restoring the Glory,” sent to subscribers on Friday morning.
One scout on hand already has seen all four of the Yankees’ full-season clubs play, so I asked who stood out besides the obvious prospects. The 6-foot, 180 pounder proved he has good right-handed power, leading the Big Ten in homers with Maryland as a junior in 2021. He also led all Arizona Fall League shortstops in fielding percentage.
Riggio is hitting just .212 for Hudson Valley, but he’s always been a good bat-to-ball guy. It’s not far-fetched to envision Riggio as the Yankees’ future starting second baseman.Besides Arias and Lombard, there’s the lesser known Enmanuel Tejeda, who is fourth in the Florida State League in hitting at .330. He’s another small guy at 5-foot-9 and 158 pounds and he doesn’t have power, but his manager raved about him when we talked before Wednesday’s game.
Second base is Tejeda’s best position, but he also sees action at third and second, so he’s versatile. He hit .289 in the Dominican Summer League in 2022, 307 in the Florida Complex League last year and is hitting well above .300 this year as one of the FSL’s youngest players.
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