spencer jones yankees got a major-league call Friday, with the 25-year-old moving up from Triple A ahead of this weekend’s series against the Milwaukee Brewers. The move comes as Jasson Domínguez heads to the injured list after slamming into the outfield wall Thursday.
Jones Brings 11 Homers
Jones reached the majors after posting a.958 OPS with 11 home runs and 41 RBIs in Triple A. He led the International League with those 41 RBIs, giving the Yankees a right-handed bat they can use while Domínguez is sidelined for a few weeks with an AC joint sprain in his left shoulder.
Aaron Boone said Jones had built momentum over the last month. “I feel like the last three, four weeks, he’s been having a lot of consistent at-bats,” Boone said. He added that Jones had cut down on the swing-and-miss issues the club had seen earlier in Triple A and in spring training.
Boone Sees Cleaner Swings
That progress matters because the contact issue has followed Jones. His 71.1 percent in-zone contact rate in Triple A would have ranked second-worst among all big leaguers, and his whiff rate last season at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre was 41.5 percent. This season, that whiff rate was 43.8 percent, even as his overall strikeout percentage dropped by a few points year over year.
Jones arrived in the organization as a first-round pick out of Vanderbilt in 2022, when the Yankees gave him a $2,880,800 signing bonus. He was ranked as the Yankees’ No. 7 prospect coming into the 2026 season by The Athletic’s Keith Law, and his offseason overhaul was designed to mimic Shohei Ohtani’s swing.
Yankees Add Kervin Castro
The Yankees also recalled right-handed reliever Kervin Castro from Triple A on Friday. Castro posted a 3.14 ERA in 11 appearances for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders this season, giving the club another arm while the outfield adjusts around Domínguez’s absence.
For the Yankees, the immediate change is simple: Jones is up, Domínguez is out for at least a few weeks, and the Brewers series now offers the first look at how the new bat fits into a roster that needs production right away.
