Steve Lombardi at WasWatching passes along Baseball America’s Top 10 prospects for the Yankees, and four of the top eight are catchers.

Maybe the Yankees really heavily scout catchers, or maybe that’s just a weird fluke. There’s only one other position player on the list.

Granted, the top guy is Jesus Montero, who, as Steve points out, likely will not end up behind the plate. But Montero absolutely torched Double-A pitching at 19 last year and will probably move quickly.

Behind Montero on the Yanks’ list of top catching prospects are Austin Romine, a 20-year-old who topped out at High A last year, Gary Sanchez, a 16-year-old who has yet to play professional ball, and J.R. Murphy, an 18-year-old who played Rookie Ball in 2009.

So it’s not like the catchers are exactly banging down the door, but damn. The Yankees are to catchers under 20 what the Mets are to catchers over 35.

As for the Mets’ list of top catching prospects, I suppose it looks like this:

1. Josh Thole
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2. Francisco Pena