{"id":202269,"date":"2026-05-26T02:13:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T02:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/202269\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T02:13:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T02:13:35","slug":"sending-spencer-jones-back-to-minors-really-tough-call-for-yankees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/202269\/","title":{"rendered":"Sending Spencer Jones back to minors ‘really tough call’ for Yankees"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aaron Boone called it \u201ca really tough call\u201d to send Spencer Jones back to Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre <\/a>with the return of Jos\u00e9 Caballero from the IL.<\/p>\n

The manager said the decision was due in part to the Yankees facing some left-handed starters, but the 25-year-old outfield prospect struggled against all pitching in his brief stint in The Bronx, going 4-for-24 with no extra-base hits, three walks and 14 strikeouts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel it was a good experience for Spencer,\u201d Boone said. \u201cEven though he didn\u2019t get a lot of results, I felt he held his own pretty well. The last two days, he was having some good at-bats.\u201d<\/p>\n

To Boone\u2019s point, there was a 105-mph single to center in Thursday\u2019s loss to Toronto and a deep fly out to the opposite field off Trey Yesavage after Jones replaced the injured Trent Grisham<\/a> in center on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Grisham had three hits in Friday\u2019s 4-2 loss<\/a> and was thrown out at the plate on a strong throw by Jonny DeLuca from right field.<\/p>\n

Boone said he thought Grisham ran \u201cOK\u201d on the bases in his return.<\/p>\n

With Grisham recovered from the left knee discomfort that forced him out Wednesday and kept him sidelined Thursday, the Yankees will rely on Amed Rosario and Max Schuemann as the fourth outfielder.<\/p>\n

\"SpencerSpencer Jones walks back to the dugout after striking out in the second inning of the Yankees\u2019 loss to the Jays on May 21, 2026 at the Stadium. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because Jasson Dom\u00ednguez is still on the IL with a sprained shoulder<\/a>. Dom\u00ednguez has begun tee-and toss hitting and is expected to travel with the team to Kansas City and Sacramento on the upcoming trip to continue his work.<\/p>\n

Boone said Dom\u00ednguez might be able to begin a rehab assignment by the end of that trip.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s no surprise the Yankees offense has looked anemic lately, given that Aaron Judge is in a six-game skid in which he\u2019s 1-for-23 with no extra-base hits, three walks and 10 strikeouts.<\/p>\n

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And his lack of production stretches back a bit further, with just a double in a 4-for-35 slump that\u2019s lasted nine games.<\/p>\n

Boone liked Judge\u2019s at-bats Friday and his 106-mph laser to center was the final out of the game.<\/p>\n

He also grounded out hard to short and Boone said he has been impressed with Judge\u2019s mental approach despite the numbers.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHis emotional consistency is as good as it gets,\u2019\u2019 Boone said. \u201cThat\u2019s critical for a major league athlete, where you fail all the time. Doing it every single day, it\u2019s a grind, even for the great ones and you\u2019ve got to be able to deal with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Judge, Boone said, is adept at that.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether he\u2019s dominating the world or going through a little funk, he\u2019s always the same,\u2019\u2019 Boone said.<\/p>\n

Giancarlo Stanton (calf) is expected to be reevaluated at some point next week, Boone said, and if he gets the go-ahead, will be able to resume running.<\/p>\n

Stanton has been able to continue to swing while on the IL, in spite of the injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aaron Boone called it \u201ca really tough call\u201d to send Spencer Jones back to Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[84193,1423,4559,178,180,179,57205,726],"class_list":["post-202269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-aaron-boone","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-spencer-jones","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202269","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=202269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}