Yankees top prospect Spencer Jones is being compared to future Hall of Famer

The New York Yankees continue to show why they are one of the deepest organizations in MLB. After losing top young outfielder Jasson Domínguez to the injured list, the Yankees didn’t panic. Instead, they simply called up another elite prospect. Spencer Jones is now with the big league club and is expected to make his MLB debut Friday night against the Milwaukee Brewers. And before he’s even stepped onto the field, the comparisons are already flying.

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Compared to a Future Hall of Famer

The player Jones is being compared to? None other than his own teammate: Aaron Judge. That’s obviously a massive comparison to place on any prospect, but there are real similarities between the two. Both players were first-round picks by the Yankees, are enormously tall, standing at 6’7, possess rare athleticism for their size, and have big-time raw power at the plate. Physically, the comparison is impossible to ignore.

Ironically, the similarities don’t stop with the power. Before Judge became a three-time AL MVP and one of the faces of baseball, critics constantly pointed to his strikeout rate as a major concern. Now? Jones is hearing the exact same thing.

The young slugger is striking out in more than 32% of his at-bats this season, and many evaluators wonder whether advanced MLB pitching will exploit those swing-and-miss tendencies. But Yankees fans have seen this movie before. And they know how it ended with Judge.