he’s a dominant annual All-Star.

Betances certainly worked out for the Yankees—just not how people originally expected. Keep that in mind with the current crop of pitching prospects. A move to the bullpen is not a death knell, and the best major-league relievers are almost always failed starters.

The last of the “Killer B’s” and least successful, Brackman was a risky prospect from the start. A strong pitching prospect out of NC State who also played basketball, he fell to the Yankees in the 2007 MLB Draft due to a combination of signability questions and uneasiness about his elbow. The Yankees decided to take a chance on him even though he likely needed immediate Tommy John surgery.

Brackman did indeed have surgery that August, but he worked his way back totwice becoming a top 100 Baseball America prospect anyway. In 2010, he had a 3.01 ERA and decent peripherals in 15 Double-A games after a midseason promotion, so there was some optimism. Then in 2011, his game went to hell with a 6.00 ERA and 7.0 BB/9 in 33 games with Scranton; not even a switch to a bullpen role could save him. His cup of coffee in September turned out to be his last games with the Yankees organization.

Brackman tried to come back with the Reds in 2012 and the White Sox in 2013, but he was destroyed at every level, even in a return to High-A. His career is long since over.

The defensive specialist catching yin to Montero’s yang, Romine will probably end up having the