And Seton Hall after that, going back in the offseason to get his degree even, plus he grew up as a Yankee fan and his dog's name is Jeter (seriously).
I found some reasons to be excited about Granite, chances are still good he doesn't impact NY this year, but:
https://www.twinkietown.com/2018/3/1/17032420/is-zack-granite-better-than-we-think-billy-hamilton-prospects-minnesota-twins-mlb
The evaluation system KATOH (not being used anymore since the guy who did it, Chris Mitchell, got a MLB job and brought his proprietary metrics with him) LOVED him, especially coming into 2018, when it ranked him as the #6 prospect in all of baseball, right between Tatis Jr. and Bo Bichette (!!!):
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2018-top-100-katoh-prospects/
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-2018-all-katoh-team/
Lastly, coming into 2019, the writer Alex Chamberlain, who was Mike Tauchman's main champion before NY traded for him, picked Tauchman as his top sleeper of the year and Granite right behind him.
https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/fantasy-fringe-five-a-reintroduction/
Granite evidently has a June 15 optout if NY hasn't called him up yet, and him using that is the most likely outcome for his Yankee tenure, but interesting pickup.
I found some reasons to be excited about Granite, chances are still good he doesn't impact NY this year, but:
https://www.twinkietown.com/2018/3/1/17032420/is-zack-granite-better-than-we-think-billy-hamilton-prospects-minnesota-twins-mlb
The evaluation system KATOH (not being used anymore since the guy who did it, Chris Mitchell, got a MLB job and brought his proprietary metrics with him) LOVED him, especially coming into 2018, when it ranked him as the #6 prospect in all of baseball, right between Tatis Jr. and Bo Bichette (!!!):
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2018-top-100-katoh-prospects/
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-2018-all-katoh-team/
Lastly, coming into 2019, the writer Alex Chamberlain, who was Mike Tauchman's main champion before NY traded for him, picked Tauchman as his top sleeper of the year and Granite right behind him.
https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/fantasy-fringe-five-a-reintroduction/
Granite evidently has a June 15 optout if NY hasn't called him up yet, and him using that is the most likely outcome for his Yankee tenure, but interesting pickup.