Baseball Yankees Prospect Profile: Jake Agnos by Eli Fishman August 14, 2019 Richmond County Bank Ballpark, Staten Island, NY – Jake Agnos was the New York Yankees’ fourth-round selection in the 2019 MLB Draft. The southpaw from East Carolina was getting ready to pitch in an NCAA tournament regional game vs. Louisville when he saw on his phone that he had been drafted by the Yankees. “It was a wild weekend,” Agnos said as he described the days surrounding the MLB Draft, in which he was also fighting to get ECU into the College World Series. “Definitely stressful and it was kind of hard to balance the season and the draft but it was a huge sigh of relief when I got my name called.” Jake spent a little over a week at the Yankees minor league complex in Tampa, FL, where he pitched for their rookie squad, the GCL Yankees. He made one start, pitching two innings and striking out the side in both of them. Agnos was then promoted to the Staten Island Yankees, where he would pitch in four games, throwing ten innings and allowing five runs before being shut down for the rest of the season after reaching his innings limit. Agnos threw 114 innings between mid-February and mid-July, and the Yankees decided to rest him until spring training next year. Instead of sending him back to their minor league complex, the Yankees opted to keep him in Staten Island to get the full pro baseball experience. “I’m just going to kind of hang out and watch the games,” Agnos stated in the dugout of Richmond County Bank Park before the Staten Island Yankees game on August 10th. “Being able to just kind of enjoy it and take in pro ball and just learn is super exciting. I’m definitely excited that they kept me up here and were able to let me stay with the team.” The 2019 All-American Agnos’ repertoire features a four-seam and two-seam fastball as well as a slurve, 12-to-6 curveball, and a changeup. His main pitch, a four-seam fastball, maxes out in the mid 90’s and he uses his curveball as his main breaking ball. “I try to fill up the zone, get ahead of batters and strike them out,” The southpaw said. For now, Agnos is enjoying the minor league life while not worrying about the on-field pressure, but he could be enjoying MLB life very soon. In Spring Training next season, Agnos will be turning 22 years old, so he could easily skip full-A if he looks good during camp and starting the season with the A+ Tampa Tarpons. Whether it’s with the Yankees or not, I think it’s fair that Agnos could be in the big leagues in 2021 or 2022. Post Views: 1,962 The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Eli Fishman Eli Fishman is a 16-year old college and minor league baseball writer for Double G Sports. He writes about MLB and MLB Draft prospects. Eli has experience broadcasting college baseball and has his own website and YouTube channel where he interviews professional baseball players. Latest posts by Eli Fishman (see all) Yankees Legends, Somerset Patriots Announce New Double-A Affiliation - November 11, 2020 A Recap of Thursday’s Mets Protest, PR Mess - August 29, 2020 MLBN Adds Buck Showalter as Analyst - August 26, 2020 Mike Trout Rookie Card Sells For Record-Breaking $3.9 Million - August 24, 2020 Related TopicsBaseballECUJake AgnosMiLBMLBNew York YankeesProspectYankees prospect Click to comment You must be logged in to post a comment Login Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Newsletter Subscription Can't Miss Posts! Women in Sports: NHL Network Host, Jackie Redmond by Nicholas Durst | posted on March 4, 2019 Lochte, Dressel and Ledecky all Chasing Gold at 2021 Tokyo Olympics by Anthony Paradiso | posted on April 18, 2021 You Know I’m Right, Episode 109: The Athletic’s Marc Carig (Audio/Video) by Nicholas Durst | posted on April 19, 2021 Whoop Rewards Employees With $100 Each Month To Sleep by Inesh Chari | posted on March 22, 2021 You Know I’m Right, Episode 106: Newsday’s Neil Best (Audio/Video) by Nicholas Durst | posted on April 12, 2021 More in Baseball You Know I’m Right, Episode 112: New York Jets’ Insider Brian Costello (Audio/Video) On the 112th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 109: The Athletic’s Marc Carig (Audio/Video) On the 109th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 108: WFAN’s Sweeny Murti (Audio/Video) On the 108th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 107: New York Post’s Columnist Mike Vaccaro (Audio/Video) On the 107th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... Phillies Prospect Profile: Dalton Guthrie Yankees GBU – Like shooting birds in a barrel