The New York Yankees' young pitching jumped into the national spotlight in the American League Wild Card Series, when 24-year-old rookie right-hander Cam Schlittler, in only his 15th major league start, dominated the Boston Red Sox in the win-or-go-home Game 3, becoming the first pitcher in postseason history to pitch eight shutout innings while striking out 12 and walking zero.

The historic performance capped a debut season for Schlittler with a 2.96 ERA over 73 innings and 14 games with 84 strikeouts and 31 walks. But the Walpole, Massachusetts, native represented only the surface of a Yankees pitching youth movement that suddenly appears to be filled with potentially elite mound prospects all age 23 or younger.

But one prospect, the 12th-ranked pitching prospect in the Yankees'

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