4. Dermis Garcia
In 2015 the New York Yankees signed international free agent third baseman Dermis Garcia out of the Dominican Republic at the age of 16.
The main skill of Garcia that led the Yankees to hand the 16-year old a $3.2 million contract was his raw power and his ability to effortlessly launch baseballs into orbit with the swing of a bat.
However, when Garcia debuted in 2015 with the Gulf Coast League Yankees, he struggled tremendously. The third baseman sported a weak .159/.256/.188 slash line with not a single home run in 23 games.
This disaster of a debut started to raise questions asking if the right-hander’s power could actually translate against professional pitching. With these questions being asked, Garcia improved greatly in his 2016 campaign.
In 57 games with the Pulaski Yankees, Garcia sported a .206/.326/.454 slash line with 13 home runs and 24 RBI’s. The batting average could still use some work, but these numbers show great improvement from his debut season.
There is no denying the raw power in which the Dominican-native possess, it is just he will have to find a way to improve his contact if he wants to progress throughout the system.
Nonetheless, Dermis Garcia is a stellar third base prospect in the Yankees system with a ridiculous amount of raw power which gives him the ability to launch monster home runs.
