Comparisons are inevitable throughout the drafting process, but in most cases comparisons create high expectations and are therefore unfair to selected players.
Spencer Jones doesn't care.
His first-round pick () for the Yankees last month followed Aaron Judge's comparison, only bigger when he was drafted by the same organization as Judge. became. stay away from them.
," Jones said on Thursday's conference call. said in "It's none of my business and I don't add anything. I think it's cool that people like to make comparisons like that. To get to work and show people what they can do."
The 25th overall pick from Vanderbilt and signed with a $2.88 million slot value, Jones is a 6-foot-7 California native. outfielder — the same description that applies to judges when the Yankees come out of college in the first round of the 2013 draft. Power potential and otherpowerful toolsdrew early parallels. It was in high school that Jones first heard it. That was when his adviser told him he could be "the next left-handed Aaron Judge." They came around again last summer when Jones played Cape Cod baseball for the Brewsters in his league, the Whitecaps. The same team Judge played in 2012.
"Cool," said Jones. “I am very much looking forward to meeting him one day. I have heard great things about him as a person and as a teammate and great leader. I'm excited to learn.”
Jones puts the judges' minds on his routine and recovery, how he keeps his weight up throughout the season, and how he attacks in the offseason.
Meanwhile, Jones got off to a strong start in professional baseball as the Yankees signed all 20 picks from the July draft. Promoted to -A Tampa, he went 6-for-21 (.286) with a double and two stolen bases in six games.
"It definitely moved pretty fast in the last month or so," said Jones. "It was cool. Getting the chance to play every day is very special, so I take advantage of it."
