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George castilo
Rochester, NY – while the trading time limit rumors rotate in the bronx, the future of the future New York Yankis – Or at least their next week- playing 350 miles northwest of the Yanki Stadium.
Spencer JonesThe most hitter in the Minor League, Triple-e-Scranton is honoring his craft for Wilks-Bere Railriders as they visit Rochetter Red Wings at Ballpark in the city of industrial city. Meanwhile, the Big League Club has returned home after leaving the three-game set in the first place. Toronto Blue Jais Three hours across the border.
With the pressure on the march franchise of baseball, Jones (and rest of the world of baseball) are surprised that it will be on 1 August.
In most years in Bronx, the noise of calling Jones for his leading league debut would have reached a deaf decibel level before scoring three domestic runs in five innings in Thursday’s matini. The 6 -Foot -7 Toolsy Center Fielder is batting. 1.403 Oms in 19 Games since 400 13 domestic runs and for Railroiders on 27 June. The combination of short porches and demons of Jones of Yanki Stadium is a beautiful dream item from the left side.
“I have never seen anything like this before,” Railoriders manager Shelley Duncan told ESPN before losing the Red Wings 7-1 before his team’s 7-1 before 7-1 that the 11-game winning streaks. “I did not see any player in my life first.”
But the recent outbreak of Jones has not inspired specific arguments for promotion. First of all, because he does not fit Yankis’ Clunk Roster Construction, already there are lots of outfielders who are eligible to play every day. Second, their brightest defects – the tendency to whisper at a dangerous rate – expect expectations. Instead, their breakouts, in association with the clear needs of the Major League team, Jones has provided a central theme of business speculation as a 31 July approach and created a time limit for Yennaks.
In short, the stellar weather of 24 -year -old Jones has made him very valuable to trade?
“It is very funny at this time of the year, only for baseball fans, is it not?” Jones told ESPN. “I have friends all over the country who want me to go and play for my team. But my heart is here with this organization. I am having a lot of fun in my career so far. And you take everything with a rash of salt. It is part of the season and I am excited to see how things are moving forward.”
Yankiz General Manager Brian Cashman did not see words earlier this month when he underlined his goals for the time limit. He wants to start pitching to increase a rotation that lost Gerit Cole And Clarke Schmid for the season. He wants to upgrade a bulpen that lacks strong depth. And he wants an infielder, preferably to replace someone Oswald Parja And his 24 WRC+on the third basis.
“We are going to the city,” said Cashman.
By the end of last month, going to the city meant that every other player was not named George Lombard Junior in Yenkis’ form system – available in trades.
Rival officials believe that Lombard, a 20-year-old shortstop in Double-A and Lone Yanki on ESPN MLB Insider Kelly McDaniel’s most recent top 50 possibilitiesThe conversation is essentially untouchable. Otherwise, it was an open weather at the right price.
Yenkeys have many possibilities other teams cowees, mainly pitchers. Start of right hand Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz, Bryas Cunningham, Carlos Lagrange, Ben Hayes and Cam shliner All are considered highly. Triple-A Catcher Jesus Rodriguez and Rafael Flores, who worked in their third game on Tuesday, are others that they may proceed to plug the holes.
Of that group, only 24 -year -old Shliner has reached Major. A former seventh round pick, Schlittler has thrown the 10 fastest pitches by a yanki this season, touching 100 mph, while posting 4.35 ERAs in the first two initially. Cashman must decide whether he is part of the team’s immediate future or a business candidate, which improves the 2025 world series opportunities of Yankis.
Cashman also has to decide whether Jones’ recent drama is enough to get him out of the table in business talks or has made it the right moment to deal with him.
“I could only imagine that there are people who are thinking,” said Duncan. “But if you want to see it as a tear, if you want to say that it is a tear that is that, then you can think that it is a great time to trade him. I think the person we are seeing right now is what he is.”
If Yenkis maintains Jones, they can already trade left -handed hitting positions in big companies with their surplus, perhaps in 2026, they can create a place for Jones to fill this season before stepping into a everyday role in 2026.
“My instinct, no, they will not [trade him]”An American League Scout said.” They will not need it. ,
There are many reasons to keep it. Jones’s speed claims that you will not expect anyone from its size. He is a good enough guard who can live in the center area at the next level. He has a congenital ability to work hard in the air in all areas, which compares with its size – Aron judgeHe is batting. 314 This season with 1.116 OPS in 68 matches between Double-A and Triple-A. His 29 houses lead run minors. And he will reach New York with six full sessions of Team Control.
But there is a great reduction with the top-tier pop that worries the talent evaluator: a volatile trend on the pitches before being selected in the round before vendorbult in 2022.
Jones compiled a 33.7% strike rate in Double-A last season. This year, it has reduced to a slightly 31.7% between Double-A and Triple-A. For reference, this rate will be tied to the fourth worst with major -tiger hits Colorado Rockies Third basman Ryan McMahonA potential yankis business target.
Jones’ 37.4% Whife Rate The 83 Triple-A plate will be second in the Major amidst qualified hits among the shows Rockies’ Michael TogliaA.197 batting average and .624 Oms, and Judge, a 6-5 first basman with 6-7 al MVP Frontner. Strike zone will have the lowest rank to finish second between 74.8% contact rates on pitches in the strike zone San francisco giants Sloger Rafael Davers And Toglia.
The strike concerns have made Jones a possibility of polarization in the industry.
A National League executive officer said, “He has a ton ton and miss.” “When you have significant contact issues in a minor league, it is very scary. For me, he is not a premium, premium. He is an interesting player.”
“He is a legal possibility,” argued by an American league executive. “But it is not great to have 24 in double-A with a 33% strike rate.”
A National League talent evaluator said: “There is no guarantee when a man swings and remembers as much as he does. But the strength is special and reverse is clear. So I think he is a legitimate possibility of interest, but it is not really a departure from his possibility.”
Jones’s profile compared 6-5 Joy gallowOnce with a major defensive outfielder giant strength, high strike numbers and a .194 career batting average, which created two all-stars teams in the 10 Major League season.
The judge, a loud comparison based on their clear size and electrical symptoms, compiled 373 strikes in 1,510 plate appearances in minors, at the rate of 24.7% before starting its major league in 2016, not accumulated for more than 175 years in a season after 208 strikes in their first full season in 2017, in 2017.
“Historically, data-wise, those numbers usually send red flags out and do not have the numbers on which people improve a lot or have great improvements,” Duncan said. “But when you dive deeply and you try to find out why the Mrs. and perhaps the approach, the swing idea that he had, you can keep a puzzle together and find out how to eliminate some of it. I think some adjustments we are watching, they are promising.”
Jones has implemented considerable swing changes since ending the previous season with a double-e-summerset. They have allowed the removal of additional movement and flowing their athleticism to identify the pitches. He opened his stance since spring training, using a high -legged and a high leg kick to activate a more streamlined swing that once launches the land of his toe and is similar to the tight rotation central for the mechanics of the judge.
Screnton Hitting Coach Mike Mergantheler said that he believes that Jones has made encouraging improvements to improve the area, especially in combating high pitches in the zone, but a high swing-end-mise rate will probably remain in Jones’ profiles. He pointed to Jones’ Elite Average Bat’s speed at around 80 mph – the statecast considers a swing at 75 mph or more faster – as a feature that would essentially produce whifies.
“Simplicity comes with and that bliss,” Jones said when asked what he had learned in this season. “I think just align the mind and body in a way that allows you to really, really something that has opened my eyes this year.”
A native of Southern California, Jones, has heard from friends and family everywhere as a trade deadline. In Los Angeles and San Diego and Arizona and Texas, people in their lives want them to play for their favorite teams. It is impossible to ignore the social media rumor mill, the noise is quite loud that Duncan said that he planned to address his team about the deadline.
For now, Jones still dreams of sharing an outfield with the judge and calling the Yanki Stadium home. In the next six days, Yanki will decide whether the subtle progress and loud results are real that is enough to put it on a path there.
“We will worry about when this happens,” Jones said. “Now, still is the time to go, so we will worry about things as they are. But I can’t really say anything that I can’t control at all.”
