Spencer Jones started his big Saturday by crushing a deep home run to right-center field (106.5 mph off the bat). Perhaps more impressively, the tall lefty’s shot came off of the Blue Jay’s left-hander Adam Macko, the No. 9 prospect in their system, per MLB Pipeline
The No. 2 ranked prospect for the Yanks (No. 84 in all of baseball) bounced out to second his second time up, but before collecting his third RBI of the day on a towering Baltimore chop.
But saving, perhaps, the best for last, with two outs in the fifth, Jones got a 93 mph pitch down in the zone and didn’t miss it, launching his second homer of the day 427 feet to center field (108.5 mph off the bat). He finished 3-for-4 with two round-trippers and four RBI.
Selvidge, a six-foot-three left-hander who pitched in Single-A last season, got the start for the Yanks. After a clean first, he allowed his first baserunner with a walk in the second, but that was later erased on an unconventional 6-3-6-3-4 double play.
Addison Barger (Toronto’s No. 6 prospect) notched the first hit off Selvidge with a leadoff triple in the top half of the fourth. But the lefty rebounded to get the next three hitters down on strikes (on just 13 pitches) to strand the runner at third.
Henry Lalane, a six-foot-seven left-hander and the No. 9 prospect allowed a walk and a hit but pitched a pair of scoreless frames while striking out three.
Jorbit Vivas dropped a single into shallow right-center on his first trip up. He knocked in two runners with a smashed single to right to put New York up 7-0 in the third. The No. 16 prospect finished the day 2-for-3 with two RBI.
The speedy Caleb Durbin had an RBI ground-rule double, an infield hit and a stolen base. He finished 2-for-3.
Other notable Yanks prospects played: Roderick Arias (No.3) walked twice and went 0-for-2, Everson Pereira (No. 6) walked and was hit by a pitch and went 0-for-1, George Lombard Jr. (No. 7) had a single in four at-bats, Ben Rice (No. 13) had a couple of loud outs and went 1-for-3.