MLB Announces Yankees Spring Breakout Roster
Bridgewater, New Jersey - Major League Baseball announced the rosters for the inaugural “Spring Breakout” Prospect Games that will be part of Major League Spring Training and broadcast live on local RSNs, MLB Network, and streamed on MLB’s Digital Properties from March 14th-17th. The Yankees’ Spring Breakout game will take
Bridgewater, New Jersey - Major League Baseball announced the rosters for the inaugural “Spring Breakout” Prospect Games that will be part of Major League Spring Training and broadcast live on local RSNs, MLB Network, and streamed on MLB’s Digital Properties from March 14th-17th.
The Yankees’ Spring Breakout game will take place versus the Toronto Blue Jays at George Steinbrenner Field on Saturday, March 16th at 4:05 pm EST. The game will be aired live on MLBD, MLBN, YES, Sportsnet+, ESPN+.
MLB has announced the @Yankees' roster for the inaugural @MLB Spring Breakout Prospect Game vs. the @BlueJays on Saturday, March 16th at 4:05 p.m. ET. pic.twitter.com/VcTTZ9Dm1B
— Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) March 7, 2024
The Yankees roster is as follows:
Pitchers
Kyle Carr, LHP
Chase Hampton, RHP
Carlos Lagrange, RHP
Henry Lalane, LHP
Jack Neely, RHP
Brock Selvidge, LHP
Will Warren, RHP
Catchers
Rafael Flores, C
Agustin Ramirez, C
Ben Rice, C/1B
Utility
Jesus Rodriguez, UTIL
Infielders
Roderick Arias, SS
Keiner Delgado, 2B/SS
Caleb Durbin, INF
George Lombard Jr., SS
Roc Riggio, 2B
T.J. Rumfield, INF
Jared Serna, 2B/SS
Enmanuel Tejeda, INF
Jorbit Vivas, 2B/3B
Outfielders
Jace Avina, OF
John Cruz, OF
Anthony Hall, OF
Spencer Jones, OF
Everson Pereira, OF
Seventy-two of MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects entering the 2024 season are expected to participate, including seven of the top 10 and 15 of the top 20 overall prospects. Projected rosters for each club are attached and may be found HERE and are subject to change.
Players in the top 10 expected to participate include: Orioles INF Jackson Holliday, Brewers OF Jackson Chourio, Pirates RHP Paul Skenes, Nationals OF Dylan Crews, Padres C Ethan Salas, White Sox SS Colson Montgomery and Twins OF Walker Jenkins.
The top overall prospect for 20 of the 30 MLB Clubs, according to MLB Pipeline’s rankings, are expected to participate, as are 22 of the 30 number two prospects and 20 of the 30 number three prospects.
Spring Breakout will showcase baseball’s future stars with all Spring Breakout games broadcast live and blackout-free on MLB’s digital platforms (MLB.com, MLB.TV and the MLB app). MLB Network will air six of the games live. At least nine Spring Breakout Prospects Games will be available to stream live via ESPN+.
In one of the first Spring Breakout games televised by MLB Network and streamed via MLB’s digital platforms on Thursday March 14th, the Pirates are expected to start Skenes, the first overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft, against Holliday, the first overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft and the Orioles. Holliday is MLB Pipeline’s #1 overall 2023 prospect, while Skenes is #3.
Among the 16 Spring Breakout games, 12 will be played as part of a traditional doubleheader (one admission charge) either before or after the Major League teams square off, providing fans in attendance a sneak peek at the future stars of their favorite team. The four remaining games will be played in the Major League Spring Training stadiums in Arizona and Florida. Tickets for Spring Breakout games are available here.