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  The New York Yankees have acquired 2B/3B Brandon Drury from the Arizona Diamondbacks in a three-team deal with the Tampa Bay Rays involved. In return, the Yankees sent second base prospect Nick Solak to Tampa, and they sent right-handed prospect Taylor Widener to Arizona. The deal was first reported by Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports .   Photo Credit: Gary A. Vazquez | USA TODAY Sports

With Gleyber Torres, Miguel Andujar, and company garnering a multitude of attention as the Yankees’ top infield prospects, second baseman Nick Solak has flown under the radar. A Louisville product, Solak has always possessed the skillset to be a solid prospect, after he was drafted in the second round of the 2016 draft. However, his 2017 season turned a lot of heads in the Yankees’ organization and across the sport. Here is a Baby Bomber Breakdown featuring Solak.   Photo Credit: Martin Griff

The Yankees enter the 2017-18 offseason with one of, if not the best farm system in Major League Baseball. By now you know the big names. There's MLB Pipeline’s #1 overall prospect Gleyber Torres, there's top arms Chance Adams and Justus Sheffield, there's top outfield prospects Clint Frazier and Estevan Florial, and of course there's Miguel Andújar, a 3B/DH prospect who possesses possibly the best bat in the organization. But look beneath the surface and you'll find other hidden gems; lesser known names that might just force their way onto the 25-man roster at some point next season. Photo Credit: USA Today Sports

In a farm system stacked with talent at the upper-levels, a Tampa Yankee earned the spotlight today. Second baseman Nick Solak, who is the Yankees 18th prospect according to MLB.com, was given the nod as the top Minor League second baseman of last week by MLBPipeline. Solak had videogame-like numbers, in a week’s span, as hit .545 with three extra base-hits, nine runs scored, seven RBIs, and four stolen bases in six games. Photo Credit: MILB.com Solak was a second-round pick in 2016 from Louisville. He is quickly rising through the Yankees’ system and is overall putting together a very solid season. He is slashing .309/.411/.441 with eight stolen bases through the team’s first 69 games. He is second in the Florida State League in OBP and is sixth among players in batting average. If he continues this up it would not be surprising to see him promoted to Double-A by the season’s end and rise through the power rankings among Yankee prospects. Solak was ranked 29th on the ...

The Yankees 2016 draft was all about first-round pick Blake Rutherford and to be honest, the hype behind him is completely warranted. That being said, the team selected a very nice player in the second-round out of a Louisville by the name of Nick Solak. Solak checks in as our 29 th  ranked prospect and would likely be higher if the Yankees' system wasn’t one of the deeper ones in all of the game. Photo Credit: Robert M. Pimpsner | Pinstriped Prospects

The 2016 Major League Baseball draft was considered by many to be a success for the Yankees. While the Yankees were able to pick up a lot of good draft prospects, the most attention was focused on the Yankees snatching up Blake Rutherford with the 18th  overall pick when Rutherford had top 10 potential. While the Yankees picked up a very good player in the first round, the Yankees were also able to pick up another good player in Nick Solak. Photo Credit: Austin Hart

In the midst of climbing back above .500, the New York Yankees have also been focusing on the 2016 MLB Draft. Below are all the selections the Yankees made in this year’s draft (with overall pick number in parentheses): Rounds 1-10 Round 1 (18): OF Blake Rutherford , Chaminade Prep HS Picture Credit: Scott Kurtz/Student Sports

After using their first round pick on a high school prospect, the Yankees turned to the college realm in selecting infielder Nick Solak out of the University of Louisville. Solak has been a utility man in college playing both infield and outfield. Photo Via  @Everything.Yanks27 on Instagram