Tracking 2022 1st Round Pick, Spencer Jones

[Snatch Catch]

2-5, HR (7), SB (10).

OPS now up to .973

[mbn007]

2-5, HR (7), SB (10).

OPS now up to .973

Thanks for the updates.

Spencer had an excellent April (286/329/939), but he has had an even better May (350/366/1041)

BTW - he just turned 22 on May 14th. A belated Happy Birthday Spencer!!

[kan_t]

I would promote him to AA in June. If everything goes well he would then start next season at AAA and could have a legit shot to the major next year.

[Yankee Tripper]

The only negative with him is his strike out rate is 34%. Otherwise there is absolutely nothing to complain about and he seems ready for the next level.

[Yankees1962]

Walk rate needs to be higher.

[Snatch Catch]

Yeah, the walk and K rates have both trended in the wrong direction this year, and despite intriguing results that's a bit concerning for future projections.


10.5% BB and 18.9% K last season in 95 PAs

5.6% BB and 31.7% K this season in 126 PAs


Obviously I'm not expecting 18.9% K rate as his baseline, but above 30% is generally not a sustainable MLB player. Hopefully he's just settling in. learning, and making adjustments.

For some perspective, Aaron Judge's highest mL K-rate was 28.5%, and that was at AAA. When he was in High-A as a 22 year old like Spencer this year, he posted a 25.3% K-rate.

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Hit his 8th HR of the year tonight, but also struck out twice, increasing a K-rate that had already ballooned to 34.5% coming into today.

I hope this is just an adjustment period, because if it isn't his prospect status will quickly go the way of Florial no matter how good the counting stats are.

[Art Vanderlay]

Hit his 8th HR of the year tonight, but also struck out twice, increasing a K-rate that had already ballooned to 34.5% coming into today.

I hope this is just an adjustment period, because if it isn't his prospect status will quickly go the way of Florial no matter how good the counting stats are.

I agree.

[Yankyfan]

I agree.

It's not just the K rate that is worrisome...It's how much he's off the ball . It's one thing to SO by fouling the ball straight back twice then a swing and miss. That says he's close as we all know to squaring up the ball. He is missing the ball by a large gap at times...If his pitch recognition on the off speed stuff doesn't improve he'll be another Flo. JMO

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Jones tonight: 3-4, 2B, 2 SB (36)

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3-4, hr (13), sb (35), bb.

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Got a hit in his first AA game:

https://twitter.com/MLBPipeline/stat...er=MLBPipeline

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Hit his first AA home run tonight, a grand slam, and stole his first base, too.

Finished 1-4, HR, SB, 2 BB, 3 K