‘If you hit, you’ll play somewhere’: Yankees’ Rafael Flores developing as catcher prospect

‘If you hit, you’ll play somewhere’: Yankees’ Rafael Flores developing as catcher prospect

BRIDGEWATER — Rafael Flores inevitably can’t escape the attention he now draws as one of the Yankees’ ranked prospects. He has more fans asking him for autographs. He even signed a deal with Topps this year. It’s a stark difference from last season, when Flores flew under the radar as a former undrafted free agent from a Los Angeles County junior college to become the Yankees’ 2024 minor league Position Player of the Year. But the 24-year-old ha…