Update: Torres named Arizona Fall League MVP, becomes youngest ever to win batting title

Update: SS Gleyber Torres has been named Arizona Fall League MVP, the league announced. He’s the youngest MVP in league history. Torres is the third Yankees farmhand to win the award, joining 1B Greg Bird (2014) and 3B Eric Duncan (2005). C Gary Sanchez nearly won it last year. Congrats, Gleyber.

In case you missed it yesterday, the Yankees added six players to the 40-man roster to protect them from the Rule 5 Draft. OF Jake Cave and LHP Tyler Webb are among the most notable players left exposed. Here are some minor league notes and links:

• In their latest podcast, the Baseball America crew spent a good 40 minutes breaking down the Yankees’ system system (pre-Brian McCann trade). Make sure you give that a listen. Ton of great stuff. The Yankees’ portion begins at the 13:50 mark.
• SS Gleyber Torres was named Arizona Fall League Player of the Week again. Second time in the last month. Also, Torres finished fifth in this week’s Prospect Hot Sheet. And Sam Dykstra singled him out as a standout AzFL performer. He is: good.
• RHP Drew Finley, who was limited to 27.1 innings this year by an elbow issue, has resumed throwing off a mound. I know this because he posted video of himself throwing off a mound on Instagram. /journalism

The Arizona Fall League season ended earlier this week — the AzFL Championship Game will be on MLB Network and MLB.com at 3pm ET this afternoon, but the Scottsdale Scorpions didn’t make it, so no Yankees farmhands are playing — so all the AzFL stats in this week’s update are final.

Arizona Fall League

• 3B Miguel Andujar: 19 G, 19-67, 10 R, 2 2B, 2 3B, 5 RBI, 9 BB, 11 K, 1 CS (.284/.364/.373) — very nice finish to his breakout season … the 21-year-old Andujar hit .271/.331/.403 (108 wRC+) with 12 homers, 12.9% strikeouts, and 7.4% walks in 156 total games
• 1B Greg Bird: 17 G, 14-65, 9 R, 4 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 10 RBI, 12 BB, 17 K, 1 SB, 1 HBP (.215/.346/.354) — not the best numbers, but the shoulder is healthy and that’s by far the most important thing … see you in Spring Training, Greg
• SS Gleyber Torres: 18 G, 25-62, 15 R, 4 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 11 RBI, 14 BB, 8 K, 4 SB, 2 CS (.403/.513/.645) — led the AzFL in AVG, OBP, and OPS (1.158) … he’s only 19, and he’s the first ever player under the age of 21 to win the AzFL batting title … Eric Longenhagen also says Torres cleaned up some leg kick issues in two-strike counts, so that’s cool
• UTIL Tyler Wade: 18 G, 13-54, 17 R, 1 3B, 4 RBI, 13 BB, 11 K, 10 SB, 1 CS, 1 HBP (.241/.391/.278) — ended up playing one game at second, one at third, three in left, seven in center, and six in right
• LHP Nestor Cortes: 6 G, 7.2 IP, 6 G, 4 R, 4 ER, 6 BB, 10 K (4.70 ERA and 1.57 WHIP) — six tough outings in the AzFL raised his 2016 ERA from 1.78 in 111 innings to 1.97 in 118.2 innings
• RHP J.P. Feyereisen: 10 G, 14 IP, 15 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 7 BB, 18 K, 1 WP (2.57 ERA and 1.57 FIP) — the fourth piece in the Andrew Miller trade finishes the season with a 1.71 ERA (2.75 FIP) with 33.0% strikeouts and 11.3% walks in 79 total innings
• RHP James Kaprielian: 7 G, 7 GS, 27 IP, 22 H, 16 R, 13 ER, 8 BB, 26 K, 4 HR (4.33 ERA and 1.11 WHIP) — throwing 45 total innings in 2016 stinks, but at least the elbow was healthy enough to make it through the AzFL in one piece
• RHP Brody Koerner: 6 G, 4 GS, 20 IP, 24 H, 15 R, 13 ER, 11 BB, 13 K, 1 HR, 2 WP (5.85 ERA and 1.75 FIP) — last year’s 17th round pick was limited to 54 innings this year by an unknown injury, but like Kaprielian, he was able to make it through the AzFL healthy
• RHP Dillon Tate: 6 G, 9.1 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 11 K, 2 HR 2 HB (3.86 ERA and 1.07 WHIP) — he was shut down a few weeks ago after reaching his innings limit for the season
  

Dominican Winter League

• IF Abi Avelino: 10 G, 3-13, 2 R, 2 K (.231/.231/.231)
• SS Jorge Mateo: 15 G, 6-41, 4 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 3 BB, 10 K, 2 SB, 1 CS, 1 HBP (.146/.222/.220) — don’t be afraid to hit a little at some point, Jorge
• RHP Anyelo Gomez: 2 G, 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (10.80 ERA and 1.80 WHIP)
• RHP Adonis Rosa: 3 G, 1 GS, 8 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K (0.00 ERA and 0.38 WHIP) — nice little winter ball showing for the 22-year-old

Mexican Pacific League

• OF Tito Polo: 18 G, 15-66, 13 R, 4 2B, 1 RBI, 5 BB, 19 K, 8 SB, 1 CS, 4 HBP (.227/.320/.288)

The Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League (Puerto Rico) started its season a few weeks. IF Vince Conde and OF Aaron Judge are both listed on rosters, though they haven’t played yet. Judge is going to be in Tampa working with the team’s hitting instructors this offseason, so I doubt he’s playing winter ball.

Venezuelan Winter League

• IF Angel Aguilar: 9 G, 2-9, 4 R, 5 K, 1 SB (.222/.222/.222)
• C Francisco Diaz: 28 G, 19-78, 8 R, 3 2B, 2 3B, 3 RBI, 9 BB, 15 K, 1 SB, 1 CS, 1 HBP (.244/.330/.333)
• RHP Luis Cedeno: 4 G, 2 GS, 11.1 IP, 13 H, 9 R, 7 ER, 6 BB, 7 K, 2 HR, 2 HB, 2 WP (5.56 ERA and 1.68 WHIP)
• RHP David Kubiak: 8 G, 2 GS, 19 IP, 20 H, 15 R, 13 ER, 7 BB, 14 K, 1 HR, 3 HB, 3 WP (6.16 ERA and 1.42 WHIP)
• RHP Mark Montgomery: 5 G, 3.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K (7.36 ERA and 1.91 WHIP) — hasn’t pitched in two weeks now … I doubt he went all the way to Venezuela to throw the last 3.2 innings to reach his innings limit for the season, so he might have gotten hurt