King NY got in a deal clearing space from MIA before the rule 5 in 2017, for Caleb Smith and Garrett Cooper.
Thorpe is good, the #61 overall pick in 2022, but he hadn't even pitched professionally yet this time last year.
Brito ended up looking impressive as a long reliever last year, but had close to no value going into last season, a surprise 40 man addition after 2022.
Vasquez blossomed in the 2021 minor league season, but NY actually traded him away as part of the Joey Gallo deal that July. NY was sending TEX six players in exchange for Gallo and reliever John King, but they didn't like King's medicals so they reworked the deal and took out Vasquez and Everson Pereira (and still somehow got Joely Rodriguez thrown in).
Higashioka is/was far and away the longest tenured player in the NY organization currently, originally drafted in 2008 and not debuting until 2017 (!!!). He's an OK backup catcher, but NY is overloaded with catchers currently.
Thorpe is good, the #61 overall pick in 2022, but he hadn't even pitched professionally yet this time last year.
Brito ended up looking impressive as a long reliever last year, but had close to no value going into last season, a surprise 40 man addition after 2022.
Vasquez blossomed in the 2021 minor league season, but NY actually traded him away as part of the Joey Gallo deal that July. NY was sending TEX six players in exchange for Gallo and reliever John King, but they didn't like King's medicals so they reworked the deal and took out Vasquez and Everson Pereira (and still somehow got Joely Rodriguez thrown in).
Higashioka is/was far and away the longest tenured player in the NY organization currently, originally drafted in 2008 and not debuting until 2017 (!!!). He's an OK backup catcher, but NY is overloaded with catchers currently.