{"id":107687,"date":"2026-01-21T21:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/107687\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T21:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:04:13","slug":"four-yankees-make-baseball-americas-top-100-prospects-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/107687\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Yankees make Baseball America&#8217;s top 100 prospects list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spencer Jones may be on the doorstep of The Bronx, yet he can\u2019t crack <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/rankings\/2026-top-100-prospects\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baseball America\u2019s top-100 prospect list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The towering outfielder did not crack the list despite hitting 35 homers and posting a. 982 OPS spanning Triple-A and Double-A this past season.<\/p>\n<p>Four other Yankees cracked the list, headlined by shortstop George Lombard Jr. at No. 46.<\/p>\n<p>Pitcher Elmer Rodriguez (59), 2025 first-round shortstop Dax Kilby (No. 61) and pitcher Carlos Lagrange (93) round out the quartet that qualified.<\/p>\n<p>Baseball America has not been kind to Jones throughout the years, ranking him as its No. 46 prospect before the 2024 season and leaving him off lists since.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s certainly a divisive prospect, with some projecting Aaron Judge-like power while others worrying his swing has too many holes and he will strike out way too often.<\/p>\n<p>Jones, 24, slashed .274\/.362\/.571 with 35 homers, 80 RBIs and 29 steals this past season, and could be part of the Yankees\u2019 Opening Day mix.<\/p>\n<p>It seems he\u2019ll start the year in the minors after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/21\/sports\/cody-bellinger-re-signs-with-yankees-for-162-5-million\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cody Bellinger re-signed Wednesday<\/a> \u2014 provided he\u2019s not traded \u2014 affording more opportunities to refine his game.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.36715621;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38244229\" width=\"807\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/new-york-yankees-spencer-jones-98881002.jpg\" alt=\"New York Yankees Spencer Jones during Spring Training in Tampa, Florida.\" class=\"wp-image-38244229\"  \/>Spencer Jones during spring training last year. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n<p>Four Yankees making the list shows that the system has depth, but their top prospect coming in at No. 46 further revealed that the system lacks top-end talent.<\/p>\n<p>The Bronx Bombers have talked up Lombard for quite some time after drafting him in 2023, but he\u2019s coming off a disappointing season in which he had a .695 OPS in Double-A.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.30779055;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38244240\" width=\"772\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/new-york-yankees-infielder-george-99038930.jpg\" alt=\"New York Yankees infielder George Lombard Jr. #96 in the field.\" class=\"wp-image-38244240\"  \/>George Lombard Jr. during spring training. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez-Cruz shined after arriving in the Carlos Narvaez trade, posting a 2.58 ERA with 176 strikeouts in 150 innings spanning three levels.<\/p>\n<p>Kilby, the No. 39 pick in the 2025 Draft, played in just 18 minor-league games and posted an .898 OPS with 16 stolen bases.<\/p>\n<p>Lagrange rounded out the list after posting a 3.83 ERA with 168 strikeouts in 120 innings spanning Double-A and Single-A.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/farm-system-rankings-2025-midseason\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MLB.com ranked the Yankees\u2019 system 22nd last August<\/a>, and is more bullish on the team\u2019s prospects than Baseball America.<\/p>\n<p>Lombard is No. 25, Lagrange is No. 74 and Jones ranks No. 99 in their listing, while Rodriguez comes in much lower at No. 97.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spencer Jones may be on the doorstep of The Bronx, yet he can\u2019t crack Baseball America\u2019s top-100 prospect&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[20,9,11,10,321,48587,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-107687","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-headlines","11":"tag-new-york-news","12":"tag-new-york-yankees","13":"tag-prospects","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}