{"id":476173,"date":"2022-07-21T04:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T01:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/yankees-see-first-round-pick-spencer-jones-as-five-tool-talent\/"},"modified":"2022-07-21T04:05:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T01:05:00","slug":"yankees-see-first-round-pick-spencer-jones-as-five-tool-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/yankees-see-first-round-pick-spencer-jones-as-five-tool-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"#Yankees see first-round pick Spencer Jones as &#8216;five-tool&#8217; talent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ab6bdb51a0\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ab6bdb51a0\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/yankees-see-first-round-pick-spencer-jones-as-five-tool-talent\/#%E2%80%9CYankees_see_first-round_pick_Spencer_Jones_as_%E2%80%98five-tool_talent%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Yankees see first-round pick Spencer Jones as &#8216;five-tool&#8217; talent&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CYankees_see_first-round_pick_Spencer_Jones_as_%E2%80%98five-tool_talent%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Yankees see first-round pick Spencer Jones as &#8216;five-tool&#8217; talent&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>In a perfect Yankees universe, one Aaron Judge would have helped create another.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees used their first-round pick in the 2022 draft on Spencer Jones, a 6-foot-7, 225-pound Vanderbilt star from California with plenty of power who, despite his size, has been able to hold down center field.<\/p>\n<p>Jones, drafted 25th overall, is a lefty hitter while Judge, also 6-foot-7, from California and with plenty of power, was the 32nd-overall pick in 2013 and is a righty. With the Yankees, Judge has grown into a star capable of playing center field alongside 6-foot-6 Giancarlo Stanton, whose body type also is more commonly found in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>That the Yankees have proved proficient at developing and working with uncommonly tall players provides \u201csome comfort\u201d in selecting Jones, their vice president of domestic amateur scouting, Damon Oppenheimer, said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/AP22156003046925.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Spencer Jones\" class=\"wp-image-23139573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/AP22156003046925.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/AP22156003046925.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/AP22156003046925.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Yankees draft pick Spencer Jones rounds the bases after hitting a home run for Vanderbilt. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMaybe deep in your head, you\u2019re going, \u2018OK, we\u2019ve had Aaron and we\u2019ve had Stanton, we\u2019ve had some guys like that and they\u2019ve done well,\u2019 \u201d Oppenheimer said on a conference call Wednesday, a day after the draft finished up. \u201cMaybe we\u2019re pretty good at that. So it\u2019s just a tad, small piece of [the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eal].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bigger piece of the appeal is a \u201cfive-tool\u201d talent who slugged 12 home runs in 61 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s, with a .460 on-base percentage this season for Vanderbilt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got big, raw power, he\u2019s got ability to use the whole field to hit,\u201d Oppenheimer said of the 21-year-old Jones, with whom the Yankees have chatted since he was in high school in Southern California. \u201cHe can throw, he\u2019s a plus runner, and he\u2019s a good defender. The ease of the way he does things is pretty special.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/1409204444-e1658364544976.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Yankees\" class=\"wp-image-23139587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/1409204444-e1658364544976.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/1409204444-e1658364544976.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/1409204444-e1658364544976.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Aaron Judge<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jones was the first of 20 college players the Yankees chose; they never plucked one from the high school ranks. Oppenheimer said they were \u201creally, really close\u201d on a couple of high schoolers, but he pointed at the fact the Yankees\u2019 bonus pool \u2014 the available money they can use to sign draftees \u2014 is the fifth-least. High school players often require larger signing bonuses to persuade them to rescind college commitments.<\/p>\n<p>Of the Yankees\u2019 20 picks, 15 were pitchers.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWhen you go back and you look at \u2026 the history of drafts, if you\u2019re going to get major league value deeper in the draft, 80 percent of the time, 90 percent of the time it\u2019s pitching,\u201d said Oppenheimer, whose Yankees selected a pitcher with 10 of their final 12 picks.<\/p>\n<p>Oppenheimer was particularly pleased with eighth-round infielder Brett Barrera, one of the few position players they landed. The Yankees listed the Stanford junior as a shortstop, though he usually played second base last season, when he hit .351 with 11 home runs in 63 games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou get a guy like that from Stanford \u2014 those guys have a tendency to make it,\u201d Oppenheimer said.<\/p>\n<p>He also mentioned Northeastern righties Cam Schlittler (seventh round) and Sebastian Keane (18th round), and Mississippi State righty Jackson Fristoe (12th round) as selections he was especially happy with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that we got some guys that can surprise people,\u201d Oppenheimer said.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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