{"id":80742,"date":"2024-07-21T15:54:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T19:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=80742"},"modified":"2024-07-21T15:54:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T19:54:20","slug":"yankees-willing-trade-spencer-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/21\/yankees-willing-trade-spencer-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Desperate Yankees Reportedly Ready To Trade Top Prospect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, the New York Yankees appear ready to include top prospect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=jones-003spe,jones-001spe&amp;search=Spencer+Jones&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spencer Jones<\/a> in trade talks. Nightengale specifically mentions pitchers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/crochga01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Garrett Crochet<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/skubata01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tarik Skubal<\/a> as pieces the Yankees would want to acquire in a trade involving Jones.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">MLB trade deadline filled with uncertainty as one of second half storylines <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZWoFJ9T0g3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZWoFJ9T0g3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNightengale\/status\/1814983202663993820?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Yankees reportedly were reluctant to involve Jones in previous trade discussions for impactful players like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/burneco01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corbin Burnes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/ceasedy01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dylan Cease<\/a>. However, the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/14\/yankees-trade-rumors\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">require huge packages<\/a> in deals involving Crochet or Skubal, respectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/08\/yankees-woes-continue-near-deadline\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Recent struggles<\/a> have highlighted flaws in the Yankees roster, especially on the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/06\/yankees-starting-rotation-beginning-raise\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">pitching staff<\/a>. It seems that the Bombers are finally ready to deplete the farm system to ensure 2024 is a winning season in the Bronx.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Yankees Reportedly Winning To\u00a0Trade Spencer Jones<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jones currently ranks as New York\u2019s second-best prospect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/prospects\/yankees\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">per MLB Pipeline<\/a>. The outlet also ranks him as the 74<sup>th<\/sup>-best prospect in all of MLB. The 6\u20196\u201d outfielder carried a lot of pedigree after being drafted 25<sup>th<\/sup> overall in the 2022 MLB Draft.Aar<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Yankees have reportedly been reluctant to trade Jones due to his star potential. Plus, his expected production on cheap salaries would pair well with expensive outfielders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/judgeaa01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aaron Judge<\/a> and possibly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=sotoju01,soto--004jua&amp;search=Juan+Soto&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Juan Soto<\/a> through the end of this decade.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Spencer Jones has hit a home run in three of the last four games! <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NERmEUXyUb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/NERmEUXyUb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Talkin&#8217; Yanks (@TalkinYanks) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkinYanks\/status\/1799859818355929360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While he carried his college success into professional baseball right after the draft, Jones has struggled at the higher levels. This season, the 23-year-old is slashing .238\/.316\/.403 with 10 homers and 127 strikeouts in 75 Double-A games. This follows a poor performance in 17 Double-A games last year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the struggles, Jones still possesses high potential and solid trade value. His pedigree and past success helped him earn a spot on the American League roster for last week\u2019s 2024 All-Star <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/03\/yankees-prospect-futures-game\/\" target=\"_self\">Futures Game<\/a>. Jones even started the game in right field and batted fifth in the lineup. He recorded a walk and a stolen base in two plate appearances in the game.<\/p>\n<h3>Yankees Desperation Could Lead To Major Deal<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expectations are incredibly high in the Bronx this season. Anything less than a deep postseason run would be seen as unacceptable. In fact, many view the season as World Series or bust.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the Yankees don\u2019t want to trade a potential future star in Jones, the organization knows it desperately needs to get out of its slump. Trading for impactful talent will hurt, but the Yankees must make a significant move, or more than one, at the trade deadline this year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, the New York Yankees appear ready to include top prospect Spencer Jones in trade talks. Nightengale specifically mentions pitchers Garrett Crochet and Tarik Skubal as pieces the Yankees would want to acquire in a trade involving Jones. MLB trade deadline filled with uncertainty as one of second half [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4683,"featured_media":80774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,926,1071,35],"tags":[501,28245,2231,85,1524,3614,2133,2599,3082],"class_list":["post-80742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-yankees","category-milb","category-mlb","category-news","tag-aaron-judge","tag-chicago-white-sox","tag-corbin-burnes","tag-detroit-tigers","tag-dylan-cease","tag-garrett-crochet","tag-juan-soto","tag-spencer-jones","tag-tarik-skubal"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4683"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}