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DUNEDIN, Fla. \u2014 Even after coming off a tough season in the minors, Spencer Jones knows how to start big league camp with a bang.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For the second straight year, the Yankees\u2019 top outfield prospect homered in his first Grapefruit League game, as Jones belted an opposite-field, two-run shot Saturday in a 6-4 loss to the Blue Jays at TD Ballpark.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNot a lot of guys hit a ball like that,\u201d manager Aaron Boone said of the curveball that Jones took the other way off the bat at 104.5 mph against Blue Jays minor league righty Eric Pardinho.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jones, the Yankees\u2019 first-round pick in 2022, had a strong first big league camp last spring before taking his lumps during the regular season, striking out 200 times in 544 plate appearances at Double-A while posting a .789 OPS.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But the 6-foot-6 Jones and the Yankees are hoping he can use that season to his advantage in the long run as it forced him to make some adjustments \u2014 including some to his swing late in the year \u2014 along the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI took a lot of positives from last year,\u201d Jones said after going 1-for-2 with a walk and a strikeout looking. \u201cI knew when I was hitting the ball, good things were happening and defensively I was getting the job done and I played a lot of games. That was the most important thing for me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As for cutting down his strikeouts, Jones said he planned on having closer communication with his hitting coaches between each at-bat.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTalking about what I\u2019m looking for, what pitches I\u2019m hunting and getting me in that right headspace to attack the pitches I\u2019m looking for,\u201d Jones said. \u201cI feel like when I\u2019m in the right position to hit, I have a great eye and that\u2019s what I\u2019m working on.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Despite the rough 2024, the Yankees still believe in the potential of Jones, who since he was drafted has garnered comparisons to Aaron Judge because of their size.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe thing with Spencer is, the ceiling is enormous because it\u2019s real defense, it\u2019s real power, it\u2019s real speed,\u201d Boone said. \u201cIt looks like he has the ability to control the strike zone. But it\u2019s just going to be harnessing that size a little bit, and that swing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Carlos Rod\u00f3n is bringing his beard back and, he hopes, some of the best pitching he did with it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The left-hander\u2019s command was not sharp in his spring debut Saturday, giving up five hits and three runs across 2 \u00b2\/\u2083 innings and 48 pitches. <\/p>\n
But he took it as another building block to get ready for the season, coming off a solid year in which he posted a 3.96 ERA across 32 starts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI set a high standard for myself,\u201d Rod\u00f3n said. \u201cI know I can be better. I pitched well last year, but I wouldn\u2019t be the player I am if I didn\u2019t think I could be better than last year and years past. Obviously, there\u2019s a lot of variables that go into that, but I know what I\u2019m capable of and I really want to show that. I want to show the reason why the Yankees signed me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jones\u2019 home run was set up by Everson Pereira extending the inning with the Yankees\u2019 first ABS challenge of the spring. <\/p>\n
On a full count with two outs, home-plate umpire Adam Beck called a strike three, but Pereira tapped his helmet to challenge the pitch, which replays showed was outside of the zone. <\/p>\n
So Pereira took first base and then watched Jones go deep.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought it was a good moment in the game to ask for a replay there,\u201d Pereira said through an interpreter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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