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Yorke's 2021 season was a statistical tour de force, especially when factoring his age relative to the levels he was playing at. However, his 2022 season was a massive departure, and while some of that can be attributed to injuries (turf toe, back stiffness, wrist soreness), this offseason is an opportunity for the skeptics and non-believers to move off the bat-first infielder. Yorke is a tinkerer at the plate, but he never really had a stretch in 2022 that compared to his 2021 exploits. The 20-year-old slashed .231/.303/.365 with 11 home runs and a 25.2 K% in 80 games at High-A. He was better in essentially every offensive metric during his 21-game run at that level in 2021, and the contrast of his quality of contact metrics was particularly stark (45.2% flyball rate in 2021, 35.4% flyball rate in 2022). Yorke needs to hit, as he is a below-average defender most places - he could be passable at second base. He has youth on his side, and just a year ago evaluators were talking about Yorke as one of the best pure hitters in the minors, so there is an opportunity for him to have a healthy bounce-back season in 2023. However, even his staunchest supporters will probably jump ship this summer if he picks up where he left off in 2022. Read Past Outlooks

More walks than Ks at Double-A
Yorke is slashing .241/.450/.483 with two home runs, 10 walks and eight strikeouts in 40 plate appearances for Double-A Portland.
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Yorke, who just turned 21, got a vote of confidence with the assignment to Double-A after having an injury-affected 2022 season where he was a below league-average hitter (84 wRC+) at High-A. He had an incredibly strong debut season in 2021, so if Yorke continues to have success against Double-A pitching, last year's rough season will look more and more like the outlier. The bat-first infielder has played second base and designated hitter in the early going.
Yorke, who just turned 21, got a vote of confidence with the assignment to Double-A after having an injury-affected 2022 season where he was a below league-average hitter (84 wRC+) at High-A. He had an incredibly strong debut season in 2021, so if Yorke continues to have success against Double-A pitching, last year's rough season will look more and more like the outlier. The bat-first infielder has played second base and designated hitter in the early going.
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2022 Fantasy Outlook
The Red Sox shocked draft prognosticators by taking Yorke with the 17th overall pick in the 2020 draft, but that already looks like a steal. A bat-first second baseman who won't turn 20 until April, Yorke dominated as one of the youngest players at Low-A, hitting .323/.413/.500 with 10 home runs, a 13.6 K% and a 146 wRC+ in 76 games. He received a promotion to High-A before any of his peers and proceeded to hit .333/.406/.571 with four home runs and a 158 wRC+ in 21 games as the youngest hitter at the level. He tallied 13 steals in 97 games but was caught nine times and is only a fringe-average runner. This is a four-category profile, but it could be one of the better four-category profiles in the majors if he reaches his ceiling -- think prime Anthony Rendon. His defense is shaky, even at second base, but he will hit enough to play left field if necessary.
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Endures tough 2022 season
Yorke hit just .231/.303/.365 with 11 homers and eight steals in 80 games for High-A Greenville this season.
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Active at High-A
Yorke (wrist) has gone 6-for-31 (.194 average) with a home run, five RBI and two additional runs in seven games since returning to High-A Greenville's lineup July 22.
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Missing in action with wrist injury
Yorke has not played for High-A Greenville since July 3 due to a wrist injury, Alex Speier of the Boston Globe reports.
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Coming off minor-league IL
High-A Greenville plans to activate Yorke (toe) from its 7-day injured list Tuesday, Chris Cotillo of The Springfield Republican reports.
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Out with turf toe
Yorke was placed on the 7-day injured list Thursday at High-A Greenville with turf toe, Chris Hatfield of SoxProspects.com reports.
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