The 27 - year - old advanced as far as High - A Tampa in two seasons in the Yankees farm system .
Surgery to repair a torn labrum in October 2014 sidetracked a career he thought many times about ending .
The 27 - year - old advanced as far as High - A Tampa in two seasons in the Yankees farm system , but surgery to repair a torn labrum in October 2014 sidetracked a career he thought many times about ending .