Spencer Jones

It's comical how much the Yankees have used the media to hype Jones, leaking that they would only trade him for someone like Paul Skenes at last year's trade deadline. We may soon get a chance to see how Jones' combination of loud physical tools and significant strikeout issues play at the highest level, as the 24-year-old will be added to the 40-man roster this offseason and played 67 games at Triple-A in 2025. He needed 188 games at Double-A over the course of three seasons to finally earn the promotion to Triple-A last summer, where he slashed .274/.342/.555 with 19 homers, 19 steals and a 36.6 percent strikeout rate. Jones logged a swinging-strike rate over 18 percent at Double-A in 2024 and 2025 and that rate jumped to a whopping 19.7 percent at Triple-A -- a mark that would have easily paced qualified big leaguers and would have placed him among the likes of Matt Mervis, Colby Thomas and Christopher Morel among unqualified hitters. Jones doesn't need to be much more than a .230 hitter to be a valuable fantasy piece, given his plus-plus power and plus speed, but he is more likely to hit around the Mendoza Line if pushed into regular duty in 2026. Read Past Outlooks