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Over the past few seasons, the moves that Brian Cashman has made has built the Yankees farm system into one of the best in baseball, and that fact was amplified when the MLB released their mid-season top 100 prospects list, a list that features six players in the Yankees system.  Photo Credit: David Monseur

With a farm system on the rise, the New York Yankees are beginning to focus on the development of their baby bombers. As evidenced by Brian Cashman’s recent trades to acquire MLB-ready, young talent, and stockpile the talented youth in the minor leagues, it is pretty clear the Yankees are playing for the many years beyond 2016. After many seasons of gutting the farm system and being the consummate trade deadline buyer, we are witnessing a new strategy from the Yankees front office, and it is beginning to pay off. Gleyber Torres Picture Credit: Tim Holle | Brevard County Manatees

This season, our prospect team consisting of five people ranked the top 40 prospects in the organization based on tools (skill set), player performance, and individual research. The five of us then collaborated, and the rankings were averaged out to form a consensus top 30 prospect list in the Yankees organization. We did the list during the preseason and wrote features on each of the top 30 prospects , as well as paragraphs about the 10 honorable mentions . Although we will not be doing midseason features on these players, the comprehensive list is below. We look forward to re-ranking the top 30 after the season, and again in February of 2017 which will include the player features and breakdowns. Photo Via CBS Sports