Jayden Stroman is successful on Lengthy Island.
The youthful brother of Yankees right-hander Marcus Stroman is following within the household enterprise as a lights-out pitcher for Patchogue-Medford, the place he’s batting a cool .500 as he readies to play for Duke College subsequent yr.
However you wouldn’t know Stroman is baseball royalty simply by taking a look at him — and that’s precisely how the twelfth grader needs it.
“We’re Raiders baseball, not Jayden Stroman baseball,” he instructed The Put up throughout a Wednesday apply.
“It’s all one team. I feel like there’s not any guy that’s above another, including myself.”
Stroman enrolled within the Suffolk County public faculty after transferring from the distinguished IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., the place he spent eleventh grade, following two years at Stony Brook Prep boarding faculty on the North Shore.
The selection to come back dwelling was easy. He wished to “be back with my own people,” like buddies and trainers — plus “mom’s cooking” at dwelling across the nook from faculty was an added incentive, Stroman mentioned of his mom, Michaela.
“It was the best move for my development,” added the 17-year-old, who sees a number of professional scouts watch his video games.
“I think this is the best spot, body-wise, that I’ve been anywhere so far.”
And the ball membership, which was 7-2 coming into Thursday, is stoked to have him.
A gem on the diamond
“He’s like a coach on the field with the guys,” supervisor Anthony Frascogna mentioned. “He brings a lot more than just his talent.”
Over the winter, Stroman took it upon himself to work together with his catcher, Brayden Davis, to acclimate the junior to MLB-level fastball speeds.
“The first time I caught 97 from him, it stung a bit,” Davis joked. “Now I’m pretty comfortable and it’s fun working with him. … It’s been great learning from him.”
Fellow pitcher James Minutillo, a good friend of Stroman’s from center faculty, can be grateful for the pitching recommendation he’s gotten from the star athlete since he joined fall ball in 2024.
“He doesn’t let you get down on yourself. He’s always being positive,” Minutillo mentioned. “It was like he never left. It’s great to be with him again.”
Past dominating on the sector — Stroman struck out 12 in Saturday’s 7-1 win over William Floyd — he has objectives past baseball to finish by June.
“I’m trying to keep up all A’s for sure,” mentioned Stroman, who’s course loaded with superior placement courses. “Make mom and dad proud when I walk across the stage at graduation. … You always got to have a plan B.”
Dug out of affection
Spending time together with his mother and pop, Earl Stroman, earlier than faculty is an enormous precedence to No. 11.
“I get to work out with him every day, which is always cool because it’s my last year being able to do that,” Stroman mentioned.
“And being able to see mom and give mom a hug every day after I come home, too, is also really cool.”
Marcus can be maintaining together with his little brother’s varsity tenure as Jayden sends the Yankees pitcher a number of movies of his video games.
“He lets me know what he thinks, he always tells me to stay on top of my arm care,” mentioned Jayden.
“But I try to keep it brother to brother because baseball takes up so much time. So it’s very limited when you get that real family interaction.”
Household legacy apart, Stroman is efficiently making a reputation for himself at his new faculty, the place, over the winter, he set Patchogue-Medford’s 55-meter sprint document as a monitor sprinter within the offseason to remain in prime situation.
“Everybody wants to get to the big leagues, so you’ve got to work to get there,” he mentioned. “Earned, not given, as cliché as it sounds. So you’ve got to be in there doing what you have to do detail-wise every day in order to be best of the best.”
