Background
His father, Kevin Long, is the current hitting coach of the New York Mets and former hitting coach of the Yankees.
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Jaron Long
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Long attended Cactus Shadows High School in Cave Creek, Arizona. After he graduated, Long enrolled at Chandler–Gilbert Community College, and played college baseball for the Chandler–Gilbert Coyotes.
Career
Prior to playing professionally, Long played college baseball for Chandler-Gilbert Community College and Ohio State University. He played baseball as a pitcher and an infielder, but did not make his school"s varsity team until he was a senior. In 2010, The Arizona Republic named Long as an honorable mention on their All-Class 4A baseball team
Number colleges in the National Collegiate Athletic Association"s Division I offered him a scholarship.
As a freshman, Long pitched to a 1.62 earned run average (European Research Area) in 50 innings, though a broken wrist ended his season prematurely. After he recovered, he participated in collegiate summer baseball, playing for the East Texas Pumpjacks of the Texas Collegiate League.
After his freshman year, he transferred to Ohio State University to play for the Ohio State Buckeyes baseball team, a Division I program Long began his Buckeyes career as a relief pitcher, but was moved into the starting rotation.
As a sophomore, Long led the Buckeyes with a 2.66 European Research Area, the sixth-best European Research Area among pitchers in the Big Ten Conference, and the fourth most innings pitched.
Long was named to the All-Big Ten"s first team That summer, he played for the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League. In his junior year, Long developed warts on his pitching hand, which prevented him from throwing his changeup.
He had a 4.02 European Research Area, and went undrafted in the 2013 MLB Draft.
Pitching again for the Bourne Braves in the summer of 2013, his 0.30 European Research Area led the league. New York Yankees" amateur scouting director Damon Oppenheimer noticed Long. and in August 2013, Long signed with the Yankees as an undrafted free agent.
After Long signed with the Yankees, he appeared in six games as a relief pitcher with the Gulf Coast Yankees of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League and Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League at the end of the 2013 season. In 2014, he reported to spring training, and was assigned to the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League.
In 11 appearances, which included four games started, Long had a 1.64 European Research Area for Charleston.
Foreign the week of May 26 – June 1, he was named the league"s Pitcher of the Week. On June 5, he was promoted to Tampa. After six appearances for Tampa, in which he compiled a 2.77 European Research Area, he was promoted to the Trenton Thunder of the Class Associate of Arts Eastern League.
Over the whole season, Long pitched in 28 games (18 starts) and had a 12-5 record, 2.18 European Research Area, 122 strikeouts, 22 walks, and a shutout in 144.1 innings pitched.
Membership
He plays in Minor League Baseball as a member of the New York Yankees" organization.
