New York Yankees outfielder Spencer Jones (78) bats during work outs at George M. Steinbrenner Field on Feb. 20. Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images

Is New York Yankees Top Prospect Becoming Untradeable?

Originally posted on Minor League Baseball on SI
By Brady Farkas | Last updated Jul 21, 2025 4:17 PM ET

The New York Yankees have been linked to several names on the looming trade market, including Arizona Diamondbacks' third baseman Eugenio Suarez.

And while New York has a talented prospect pool to deal from, is outfield prospect Spencer Jones reaching a point where he's going to be untradeable?

Jones is the No. 2 prospect in the organization, per MLB Pipeline, but he is not in the MLB Pipeline Top 100. Now 24 years old, he was a first-round pick of the Yankees in 2022 out of Vanderbilt.

Make that 2 homers on the day for @Yankees No. 2 prospect Spencer Jones -- and 10 in 16 games for the @swbrailriders! pic.twitter.com/HJSgEoO3Zb
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) July 20, 2025

Between 49 games at Double-A Somerset and 16 games at Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre, he's hitting .317 with 26 home runs, including 10 in his last 16 games. He also has a .415 on-base percentage and 16 stolen bases.

The following comes from a portion of his MLB.com prospect profile:

With his bat speed and the strength and leverage in his 6-foot-6, 235-pound frame, Jones creates well-above-average power and upper-end exit velocities. But his naturally long left-handed swing makes him late on a lot of pitches and resulted in a 40 percent swing-and-miss rate in 2024, including even more alarming empty contact rates on all fastballs (36 percent) and in-zone heaters (33 percent). The Yankees are working with him on adjustments that would keep his bat on a more level plane and in the zone longer.

The Yankees enter play on Monday at 55-44 and in possession of the first wild card spot in the American League. They will take on the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night at 7:07 p.m. ET.