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[QUOTE="AirForceOrange, post: 2049684, member: 1668"]
[URL="http://insider.espn.com/blog/keith-law/insider/post?id=6172"]2017 prospect rankings: 100-81[/URL]

[B]88. Justus Sheffield, LHP, [/B][URL='http://insider.espn.com/mlb/team/_/name/nyy/new-york-yankees'][U][B]New York Yankees[/B][/U][/URL]
[B] Age: 21 (5/13/96) | B/T: L/L
Height: 5-10 | Weight: 195
Top level: Double-A | 2016: NR[/B]

Sheffield went to the Yankees in the [URL='http://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/28563/andrew-miller'][U]Andrew Miller[/U][/URL] trade, which netted New York two top-100 prospects and filled a specific gap in the Yanks’ system for an upper-level left-handed starting pitcher prospect. Sheffield is a little undersized but is an excellent athlete and works from 92-95 mph. He complements that with a present plus changeup and fringy breaking ball, repeating his delivery well but occasionally slipping into a tendency to overthrow.

He threw well for the Yankees’ High-A affiliate after the trade and made one start in Double-A against the powerful Reading Fightin’ Phils lineup, punching out nine of the 19 batters he faced. So he’ll start 2017 in that higher level even though he doesn’t turn 21 until May. His stuff right now would play in the majors, although the lack of an average breaking ball limits his ceiling. If that doesn’t change, he should end up an average major league starter, with the potential for more if he develops a better third pitch.
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