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Update: Reports from Instructional League

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Friday: McDaniel following up with a part four looking at a number of secondary pitching prospects — including an interesting 18-year-old right-hander just brought up from the Dominican Summer League — as well as OF Slade Heathcott, SS Cito Culver, and SS Austin Aune. So yeah, get on that.

Tuesday: Over at FanGraphs, Kiley McDaniel put together some scouting notes on various Yankees prospects he saw in Instructional League the last few weeks (part one, part two, part three). Among those covered were OF Tyler Austin, 2B Angelo Gumbs, RHP Hayden Sharp, 3B Dante Bichette Jr., RHP Dellin Betances, 3B Miguel Andujar, C Peter O’Brien, and C Gary Sanchez. Some of the reports are good, others not so much. They’re all worth the read though, so make sure you head over to check all of them out.

2011 Draft: Yanks reach agreement with Hayden Sharp, sign Bubba Jones

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Update (August 2nd): Sharp’s bonus is around $200,000 according to Levine-Flandrup, which is pretty damn cheap for a high school kid that’s shown 98 this spring. Apparently the contract was being finalized today.

Original Post (July 28th): Via K. Levine-Flandrup, the Yankees have reached an agreement with 18th round pick Hayden Sharp. The deal is still pending a physical and could be finalized within two weeks, but Sharp is expected to get some innings in with the Rookie level GCL Yankees this year. A high school right-hander from Oklahoma, Sharp was a late-spring pop-up guy this year and Keith Law reported in May that he was pitching at 93-96 with some 98’s. A quarterback recruit for Central Oklahoma, Sharp will certainly get an above-slot signing bonus.

Meanwhile, Levine-Flandrup also reports that the Yankees have signed seventh rounder Bubba Jones for an overslot bonus of $350,000. Jones, whose real first name is Austin, was considered the best high school bat in the northwest by Baseball America (subs. req’d) before the draft. His long-term position is unclear (likely first base, though he did some catching in high school), but the lefty swinger is said to have a “short, swing with strong wrists” and “good bat speed.” Jones is heading to the GCL. You can see all of the Yankees’ signed picks here.