Alex

Yarbrough

Yarbrough’s production this season mirrors the numbers he put up last year during his full-season debut at High-A Inland Empire, as he’s now batting .314/.351/.456 with 24 runs, 17 extra-base hits and 30 RBI through 42 games. After already having a 13-game hitting streak snapped earlier this month, the 22-year-old switch-hitter is currently riding a seven-gamer during which he’s batting .367/.472/.800 with six extra-base hits and 14 RBI.

Yarbrough’s peak value would be a shortstop who hits .300 with 25 doubles and five home runs, and his likely role will be a utility infielder. He is riding a 13-game hit streak, during which he has hit .357/.383/.429.

He got the start at second base in this one, but has been working all over the diamond during the spring in an effort to increase his versatility as he strives to secure a spot on the Angels bench. The 23-year-old is hitting just .200 (2-for-10) through four spring games.

With increased versatility, the Angels could be considering him for a spot on the bench. Yarbrough, a fourth-round selection from the 2012 draft, is a second baseman by trade. He spent the entire 2014 season at Double-A Arkansas where he slashed .285/.321/.397 with five homers, 77 RBI and six stolen bases in 136 games.