{"id":188536,"date":"2026-05-10T09:30:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T09:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/188536\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T09:30:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T09:30:33","slug":"is-spencer-jones-yankees-jersey-number-already-in-your-closet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/188536\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Spencer Jones\u2019 Yankees jersey number already in your closet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/mlb\/new-york-yankees\/yankees-make-spencer-jones-call-up-official-alongside-pitching-move\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Yankees have promoted top outfield prospect Spencer Jones to the Major League roster<\/a> ahead of Friday&#8217;s series opener against the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Jones will <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/status\/2052762566644892037\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">wear No. #78<\/a> for New York, becoming the first player in franchise history to wear that jersey number.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees&#8217; No. 6 overall prospect was selected in the first round (25th overall) of the 2022 MLB Draft out of Vanderbilt University. The 24-year-old left-handed hitter stands 6-foot-7 and 240 pounds and has drawn comparisons in discussion to New York captain Aaron Judge due to his size profile.<\/p>\n<p>At Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre in 2026, Jones recorded a .258\/.366\/.592 slash line with 25 runs, 31 hits, 7 doubles, 11 home runs, 41 RBI, and 7 stolen bases across 33 games. His 41 RBI lead all Minor League Baseball, while his 11 home runs are tied for fifth overall.<\/p>\n<p>Across his minor league career, Jones has produced a .270\/.351\/.497 line with 292 runs, 436 hits, 95 doubles, 11 triples, 83 home runs, 277 RBI, and 116 stolen bases in 413 games.<\/p>\n<p>During his time with Double-A Somerset from 2023 to 2025, he hit .263\/.349\/.482 with 124 runs, 191 hits, 39 doubles, 6 triples, 36 home runs, 120 RBI, and 43 stolen bases in 188 games. He became the 56th Somerset Patriot to reach the Major Leagues since the affiliate relationship began in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Jones also put together a strong 2024 season split between Double-A and Triple-A, belting 35 home runs with a .982 OPS. In 2024 with Somerset specifically, he finished with a .789 OPS with 30 doubles and 17 home runs. He previously smashed 16 home runs in 25 games during lower-level Florida ball in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>His resume includes selections to the 2023 and 2024 All-Star Futures Games, Spring Breakout appearances in 2024 and 2025, a 2023 MiLB Organization All-Star nod, a 2024 Eastern League Postseason All-Star selection, and the 2024 James P. Dawson Award as the Yankees&#8217; most outstanding rookie in spring training.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/mlb\/new-york-yankees\/yankees-news-aaron-boone-update-jasson-dominguez-shoulder-injury-concussion\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The move comes as Jasson Dom\u00ednguez was placed on the 10-day injured list with a low-grade AC shoulder sprain<\/a> suffered while crashing into the wall during a catch in a 9-2 win over the Texas Rangers. New York also recalled Kervin Castro and optioned Brendan Beck after his 52-pitch MLB debut.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees enter the series tied for the best record in baseball at 26-12.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Yankees have promoted top outfield prospect Spencer Jones to the Major League roster ahead of Friday&#8217;s series opener against the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday.  Jones will wear No.  #78 for New York, becoming the first player in franchise history to wear that jersey number.  The Yankees&#8217; No.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Yankees have promoted top outfield prospect Spencer Jones to the Major League roster ahead of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1423,4559,178,180,179],"class_list":["post-188536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}