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For a team that has shown remarkable success over the past two decades -- five World Championships, 13 AL East titles and 17 postseason appearances in the past 19 seasons - - the Yankees have also shown some remarkable weakness in their ability to draft and develop their own talent.

Although the Yankees team that won the World Series four times between 1996 and 2000 was led by a core of home-grown talent -- Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada and Bernie Williams all came up through the Yankees system, as did Robinson Cano -- the team has developed just one everyday Yankee (Brett Gardner) over the past decade.

"It's not as good as we need it to be in terms of results," Yankees GM Brian Cashman said when asked if it was fair to characterize his farm system as a bust. "There are a number of reasons behind that. At the end of the day, we've had some misses, without a doubt. We've had some guys who didn't make their projections, who failed to cross the finish line. So basically it's fair to criticize where we're currently sitting."