{"id":452130,"date":"2026-02-06T07:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T07:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/452130\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T07:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T07:58:10","slug":"carlos-lagrange-ben-hess-will-join-yankees-at-spring-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/452130\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Lagrange, Ben Hess will join Yankees at spring training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two of the Yankees\u2019 top pitching prospects will be at major league spring training for the first time, the team announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Both Carlos Lagrange and Ben Hess were among the non-roster invitations, with Lagrange known for hitting 103 MPH in a game last season, most of which was spent at Double-A Somerset.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old Lagrange is seen as someone who <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/21\/sports\/four-yankees-make-baseball-americas-top-100-prospects-list\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">could make an impact in The Bronx<\/a>, perhaps as early as this year.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38405287\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2239559519.jpg\" alt=\"Carlos Lagrange #38 of the Somerset Patriots pitches during the game between the Somerset Patriots and the Binghamton Rumble Ponies at Mirabito Stadium on Thursday, September 18, 2025 in Binghamton, New York.\" class=\"wp-image-38405287\"  \/>Yankees prospect Carlos Lagrange pitches during the Somerset Patriots loss to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies at Mirabito Stadium on Sept, 18, 2025 in Binghamton, N.Y. Minor League Baseball via Getty<\/p>\n<p>Hess, 23, reached Double-A last year, his first season in the pros after being <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/10\/sports\/yankees-first-round-pick-ben-hess-talks-stellar-intro-to-mlb-hitters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">selected in the first round<\/a> by the Yankees in 2024 out of the University of Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>George Lombard Jr., considered by some to be the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/13\/sports\/yankees-george-lombard-jr-s-future-bright-due-to-bevy-of-intangibles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">organization\u2019s best overall prospect<\/a>, got his second invitation to big league camp.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old also played primarily with Somerset in 2025 and is already seen as an elite defensive shortstop. <\/p>\n<p>If Lombard\u2019s bat improves, he could be an option in The Bronx soon.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38405288\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2204778536_9e9c29.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Hess #73 of the New York Yankees pitches during the game between the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles at Ed Smith Stadium on Saturday, March 15, 2025 in Sarasota, Florida.\" class=\"wp-image-38405288\"  \/>Yankees pitching prospect Ben Hess pitches during a spring training game between the Bombers and the Orioles in a spring training game last season.  MLB Photos via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Among the players with major league experience who will also be in Tampa are INF\/OF Seth Brown, INF Paul DeJong and RHP Dylan Coleman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two of the Yankees\u2019 top pitching prospects will be at major league spring training for the first time,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[29472,363,369,99,63077],"class_list":{"0":"post-452130","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-minor-leagues","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-new-york-yankees","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-spring-training"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}