Jaron Long

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144+1⁄3 innings pitched. [14]

Long started the 2015 season with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Class AAA|Triple–A International League. He pitched to a 4.94 ERA in 85+2⁄3 innings before being demoted back to Trenton in July. [15] Long finished the season there with a 3.39 ERA in 69 innings. He pitched in the Venezuelan Winter League in the offseason. [16] The Yankees released Long in April 2016 at the end of spring training. [17]

Washington Nationals

On April 22, 2016, Long signed a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals. He spent the 2016 season pitching for the Double–A Harrisburg Senators and Triple–A Syracuse Chiefs. [18] He finished the 2016 season with a 5-6 record and a 3.20 ERA. [19] He spent the 2017 season between Double-A and Triple-A, pitching to a 3.61 ERA in 164.1 innings. Long elected free agency following the season on November 6, 2017. [20]

On November 27, 2017, Long re-signed a minor league deal with the Nationals and received an invite to spring training. [21] He spent the year with Double–A Harrisburg, also making two appearances with Syracuse. In 25 games (19 starts) for Harrisburg, Long compiled a 6–8 record and 3.65 ERA with 77 strikeouts across 123+1⁄3 innings pitched. He elected free agency following the season on November 2, 2018. [22]

Arizona Diamondbacks

On December 14, 2018, Long signed a minor league deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks. [23] [24] He was released on March 21, 2019. [25]

Certified Player Agent

Following the end of his playing career, Long became a certified player agent, first working for Boras Corp then joining VaynerSports in March 2022. [26]

Personal life

Long is the youngest of three children. His father, Kevin Long, is the current hitting coach of the Philadelphia Phillies and former hitting coach of the Washington Nationals, New York Yankees and New York Mets. [27] Kevin, who then was playing and coaching in the minor leagues, insisted that his son not pitch while he was young or throw a breaking ball until he was 16 years old. [27] As a teenager, Long served as a batboy for the Yankees. [28]

Long returned to Ohio State to graduate in December 2013.

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Jaron Long
Pitcher
Born: (1991-08-28) August 28, 1991 (age 32)
Scottsdale, Arizona
Bats: Right
Throws: Right