The New York Yankees have taken a strong interest in South Carolina pitchers in the last several years, and it seems to be paying off. To start this season, the Yankees had former Gamecocks Taylor Widener, Jordan Montgomery, and Tyler Webb on their rosters. Earlier this month, the Yankees used their first pick in the 2017 MLB Draft to take Clarke Schmidt. Schmidt finally signed this weekend for just under $2.2 million.

The Yankees have signed first round pick Clarke Schmidt for $2,184,300. #yankees

— Jack Curry (@JackCurryYES) June 24, 2017

Another former Gamecock shining in the New York spotlight is two-time National Champion Tyler Webb. Webb was called up to the Yankees earlier this week and contributed two perfect outings against the Texas Rangers. The former Gamecock pitched 2.1 innings in the two games allowing no hits and striking out two. Jordan Montgomery earned a win against the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday throwing 5.2 IP giving up two earned runs and striking out five.

The last Yankee I will mention (I promise) is Taylor Widener. Widener went 2-0 for the Class A Advanced Tampa Yankees this week throwing 11 innings, allowing one earned run, and striking out eleven. In his outing against the Dunedin Blue Jays on Sunday, Widener didn’t allow a hit in his five innings. Enough talk about the Yankees, lets see how the rest of our Gamecocks did this week.

Class A

Taylor Widener (Yankees)- 2-0, 11 IP, 1 ER, 11 K’s

Braden Webb (Brewers)- 1-0, 5 IP, 2 ER, 5 K’s

Gene Cone (Mets)- 1/7

Marcus Mooney (Braves)- 4/13, RBI

Tanner English (Twins)- 6/19, 2 RBI, 2 SB

Double A

Jack Wynkoop (Rockies)- 0-2, 10.1 IP, 14 ER, 4 K’s

Kyle Martin (Phillies)- 4/15, 1 RBI, 3 BB

Joel Seddon (Athletics)- 0-1, 8.1 IP, 9 ER, 9 K’s

Max Schrock (Athletics)- 9/27, 2 RBI, 4 R

Evan Beal (Marlins)- 1-0, 3 IP, 2 K’s

Triple A

Michael Roth (Giants)- 0-0, 10.2 IP, 3 ER, 6 K’s

Peter Mooney (Marlins)- 8/18, 3 RBI

Grayson Greiner (Tigers)- 5/15, 1 HR, 3 RBI

Christian Walker (Diamondbacks)- 10/22, 2 HR, 8 RBI

Major Leagues

Jackie Bradley Jr (Red Sox)- 8/21, 2 HR, 3 RBI

Whit Merrifield (Royals)- 5/21, 5 RBI

Justin Smoak (Blue Jays)- 10/24, 1 HR, 3 RBI

Steve Pearce (Blue Jays)- 5/15, 4 RBI

Sam Dyson (Giants)- 0-1, 2.2 IP, 2 ER, 3 K’s

Jordan Montgomery (Yankees)- 1-0, 5.2 IP, 2 ER, 5 K’s

Tyler Webb (Yankees)- 0-0, 2.1 IP, 2 K’s

This video below is too good not to show. Jackie Bradley Jr hit a home run against Whit Merrifield’s Kansas City Royals earlier this week and Whit was clearly not amused…