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Spencer Jones Worth Holding After Slow Start?
New York Yankees outfield prospect Spencer Jones was a popular waiver-wire pickup upon his long-awaited MLB debut on May 8, but he has gotten off to a slow start with the Yankees in the big leagues and is currently rostered in just 19% of Yahoo leagues. In his first 15 plate appearances over his first five MLB games, the team's No. 6 prospect per MLB Pipeline, has one hit, one RBI, three walks, and six strikeouts for a .083/.267/.083 slash line. The sample size is obviously extremely small, but it hasn't been an ideal start for the hulking 6-foot-7, 240-pound 25-year-old outfielder in the Bronx. The good news is that it's early, and it will be some time before both Giancarlo Stanton (calf) and Jasson Dominguez (shoulder) are ready to return from their injured-list stints, so Jones will have more of a runway to turn things around. But if he doesn't, he'll almost certainly be sent back to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to work on his approach at the plate. While Jones has elite power potential from the left side of the plate, he has struck out over 30% of the time in the minors, and he currently has a 40% strikeout rate with the Yanks.
Source: Baseball Reference
Source: Baseball Reference
