Jones, a big-swinging outfielder who has been described as a left-handed model of Aaron Decide, was promoted from Double-A Somerset to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Jones is rated because the Yankees’ No. 2 prospect by MLB Pipeline.
He wasted no time making a powerful impression in his first at-bat with the RailRiders on Friday night time, crushing a house run in opposition to the Worcester Pink Sox.
The transfer locations Jones, a 24-year-old who was the group’s first-round choice (twenty fifth general) within the 2022 MLB Draft, inside placing distance of a Main League debut that might happen within the second half of this 12 months.
“He’s having season,” Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone stated. “The dimensions stands out; the athleticism, the velocity and energy actually stands out, the power to manage the strike zone. He’s doing these issues.
“Clearly he’s nonetheless a piece in progress; he’s attempting to proceed to maneuver that needle as an general hitter. He’s executed a very good job of that and earned this promotion. Hopefully he can proceed to make positive factors now at Triple-A.”
On the time of his promotion, Jones led all Yankees Minor Leaguers and Japanese League batters with 16 dwelling runs and a .594 slugging proportion.
Jones, who’s batting .274/.389/.594 (48-for-175) with eight doubles, 32 RBIs, 32 walks, 70 strikeouts and 10 stolen bases, additionally paces all Yankees Minor Leaguers in OPS (.983), a mark that’s good for second within the Japanese League.
Jones additionally ranked among the many Japanese League leaders in on-base proportion (fourth), runs scored (seventh) and whole bases (104, tenth).
He missed about three weeks in Could with an intercostal damage however completed robust at Somerset; Jones ripped a walk-off single within the tenth inning of the Patriots’ 4-3 victory over the Erie SeaWolves on Thursday.
Over his final 15 video games at Double-A, Jones was 22-for-56 (.393/.477/.768) with 17 runs, 9 extra-base hits (three doubles, six homers), 13 RBIs, 9 walks and three stolen bases.
