Eric Jagielo Makes Baseball America's Top 20 NYPL Prospects List

It's not nearly as flashy as the 6 players they put on the GCL Top 20 list, but the Yankees did sneak 1 of their own onto Baseball America's Top 20 NY Penn League Prospects list that was released yesterday.  To no one's surprise, that player was 2013 1st round draft pick Eric Jagielo, who BA ranked as the 6th best prospect in the league.

After a slow start to his pro career, Jagielo really picked it up late in the season and finished with a .266/.376/.451 batting line (.390 wOBA, 153 wRC+), 6 HR, 27 RBI, and an 11.9% BB rate in 218 PA.  The BA scouting report commented positively on Jagielo's "smooth" swing and polished approach, typical for a college hitter in a short-season league, and said he should be able to stick at third base long term.  There weren't many other worthy Top 20 candidates on the SS Staten Island roster, but Jagielo's ceiling makes the lack of other representation less of an issue.

Jagielo should get his first taste of full-season ball next year and the Yankees really need him to produce and advance quickly.  Their continued lack of 1st round pick results has become a huge problem.