Spencer Jones soaking in his awesome new Yankees…
MILWAUKEE — When the 6-foot-7, 240-pound outfielder succesful of hitting the ball as exhausting and as far as just about anyone in the group walked into his first big league clubhouse on Friday afternoon, he seemed and sounded just like a child again.
Spencer Jones discovered his locker at American Family Field, his No. 78 Yankees jersey hanging inside, and couldn’t stop smiling.
He told his supervisor, Aaron Boone, that it was “the best day ever.”
Soon enough, he modified into baseball gear and tried to make issues really feel regular forward of making his major league debut against Brewers flamethrower Jacob Misiorowski.
“It was pretty awesome, seeing all the lockers, all the numbers, all the jerseys,” Jones said before batting sixth and DHing. “There’s a lot of food right here too, which is fairly candy. Bunch of different issues in the lavatory, I don’t know. Those are the first issues that caught me, all the different enjoyable little issues they received going on.
“But it’s the same game, that’s what everybody’s been telling me.”
A sport that Jones has been fairly good at, even through some ups and downs since he was the Yankees’ first-round select of Vanderbilt in 2022.
After getting off to a strong start to the season at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, mixed with accidents to Giancarlo Stanton and then Jasson Domínguez, the 24-year-old top prospect was called up on Friday to strive to help the best staff in the American League.
Spencer Jones of the New York Yankees takes batting apply before making his major league debut against the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field on May 8, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Getty Images
“If he’s having quality at-bats, then he’s dangerous and can impact the game,” said Boone, who indicated he would get Jones some motion in the outfield, comfy with him in both middle and left.
Jones, who (maybe unfairly) has drawn comparisons to Aaron Judge from the second he was drafted because of their large measurement (both 6-foot-7) and energy — just from the other facet of the plate — was called up for his MLB debut at the same age Judge was (24).
They also had comparable minor league numbers before their call-up: In 415 video games, Jones hit .270 with a .848 OPS, 83 home runs and a 32.7 % strikeout price; in 348 video games, Judge hit .278 with a .845 OPS, 56 home runs and a 24.6 % strikeout price.
Those strikeouts are the most important concern that come with Jones, with the query being whether or not he can present enough slug to make up for the punchouts.
He had barely cut down on his strikeouts this season at Triple-A, reducing his strikeout price to 32.4 % in contrast to 35.4 % last yr and 36.8 % in 2024.
Spencer Jones of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, during a sport against the Worcester Red Sox at Polar Park on Tuesday May 5, 2026. Arthur Mansavage for NY Post
“Just with his power and his size, there’s going to be swing-and-miss in his game, that’s part of it,” Boone said. “There’s great players around the league that have that. But I think he’s made real adjustments over the last couple years from an approach, from a swing standpoint. I feel like I saw some of those take hold, especially seeing him on an everyday basis in spring training.”
Jones has cycled through a quantity of different stances in current years, making an attempt to discover the one that best matches him and his sport.
This spring, he locked in on one that was at least considerably modeled after another lefty slugger, Shohei Ohtani, and has settled into it with strong outcomes — batting .258 with a .958 OPS, 11 home runs and 41 RBIs in 33 video games at Triple-A.
“I’m feeling comfortable and I feel like I know what I got to do, the pitch-to-pitch cues I got to make to adjust and at-bat to at-bat,” Jones said. “Mechanically, I feel like we’re in a good spot and just going to keep doubling down on those things.”
On Friday morning, after making his method from Worcester, Mass. to Milwaukee on Thursday evening, Jones told his good pal, Ben Rice, that he can be connected to his hip throughout the day to get his bearings.
Rice, who performed with Jones at a number of ranges of the minors and described him as “a chiller,” said he would help as needed.
But more than something, Rice just needed Jones to know that “he belongs.”
“I would surely like to just instill the confidence in him that he can play at this level,” Rice said. “He knows he’s good enough and he belongs here. That’s an important thing to recognize.”
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