Overview
- Spencer Jones had a multi-hit, multi-RBI performance in the Yankees’ 7-3 win over the Angels, hitting a two-run home run, drawing two walks, scoring twice and reaching base four times.
- Manager Aaron Boone praised Jones’s ability to apply what he’s learning at the big-league level and highlighted the right fielder’s aptitude for adjusting to MLB pitching.
- Jones has an unusually strong split versus left-handed pitchers this season, recorded as 14-for-35 (.400), though that figure is from a small sample of plate appearances.
- Across 66 games this year Jones has shown power and speed with nine home runs, nine steals and a .771 OPS, but he also carries a high strikeout rate with 72 strikeouts in 206 plate appearances.
- His recent stretch has created a timely roster question for the Yankees about giving him sustained everyday at-bats into September and potentially factoring him into postseason planning if the performance continues.