Spencer Jonesis moving on up.
The Yankees are promoting the 24-year-old to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, according to SNY's Andy Martino.
Jones, ranked the No. 2 prospect in New York's system by MLB Pipeline, had ben lighting it up over 49 games at Double-A this year to earn his first taste of the last step between him and the big leagues. The 6-foot-7 outfielder had 16 home runs and 32 RBI with a .274/.389/.594 slash line for a .984 OPS over his first 208 plate appearances of the campaign.
He has been on a particularly hot run during 21 games in June, smacking seven homers with 15 RBI, a .321 average, and 1.039 OPS.
Jones played 124 games for Double-A last campaign and produced 17 homers and 30 doubles, good for a .452 slugging percentage and .789 OPS. But, the 84th rated prospect in baseball entering that year, continued his struggles with strikeouts as he went down on strikes 200 times over 544 times up. That after he struck out 155 times over 117 games across two levels the year prior. This year, despite his better success in the box, he has already been fanned 70 times.
Jones was the 25th overall pick (Round 1) by the Yanks in the 2022 MLB Amateur Draft after playing his college ball at Vanderbilt. He was selected in the 31st round of the 2019 draft by the Los Angeles Angels, but opted to play college ball.
Last July, the Chicago White Sox were reportedly “insisting” that Jones be included in any potential trade package for left-hander Garrett Crochet, who was dealt to the Boston Red Sox this past offseason.
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