New York Yankees Prospect Draws Ohtani Comp After Homer

Yankees’ Spencer Jones gets mechanical comp to Shohei Ohtani, praise from Aaron Judge after long homer

TAMPA – As Tigers pitcher Keider Montero began his windup in the second inning of the Yankees’ spring home opener on Saturday, Spencer Jones hunched over, stuck his backend out and tapped his front foot toward home plate before turning on a high, 94.8-mph fastball. The violent, multi-step cut resulted in a stadium-clearing home run that sparked a roar from the crowd at Steinbrenner Field. Jones, meanwhile, stood tall as he watched the dinger sai…

Spencer Jones’ ‘Ohtani-like’ swing delivered massive homer in strong Yankees start

Spencer Jones had a spring debut Saturday typical of his tantalizing potential, clobbering a mammoth home run that cleared everything in right field and left the entire stadium before striking out in his next two at-bats.

New York Yankees Prospect Draws Ohtani Comp After Homer

Spencer Jones is a polarizing power-hitting prospect, and talent evaluators may be split on what his future might hold. The New York Yankees could surely use a strong 2026 showing from him, and he started off the spring scorching the baseball, with an Ohtani swing comparison after a towering blast in his first at-bat of game action. And yes, that’s Shohei Ohtani of the back-to-back World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers we’re talking about.Sp…

Yankees' Spencer Jones Moves From Judge Heir To Ohtani Hype

TAMPA, Fla. — For years, the scouting reports on Spencer Jones began and ended the same way. Big. Left-handed. Raw power. Next Aaron Judge. That script got rewritten on Saturday morning, and nobody in the Yankees organization saw it coming quite like this. Jones walked into George M. Steinbrenner Field for his first Grapefruit League […] The post Yankees’ Spencer Jones shifts talk from Judge shadow to Ohtani spotlight appeared first on Pinstripe…

Yankees prospect draws comparisons to Shohei Ohtani

There are worse players for young MLB hopefuls to emulate than Shohei Ohtani, and one New York Yankees prospect appears to have really taken Ohtani’s methods to heart. Outfielder Spencer Jones blasted his first home run of the spring on Saturday against the Detroit Tigers. Some quickly noticed that his swing bears an uncanny resemblance to Ohtani’s, including the Yankees’ television broadcast. "Almost Ohtani-like"If Spencer Jones' swing looked f…