NEW YORK — The New York Yankees are promoting slugger Spencer Jones from Triple A to the majors, a team source told The Athletic, with Jasson Domínguez headed for the injured list after slamming into the outfield wall during Thursday’s 9-2 win over the Texas Rangers.
Jones has been on a tear for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders this season, posting a .958 OPS with 11 home runs and an International League-leading 41 RBIs.
“I feel like the last three, four weeks, he’s been having a lot of consistent at-bats,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “The power has been there, less swing-and-miss, which is some of the things we were seeing a little bit in spring training after that second week in Triple A where he went and struggled a little bit with the swing-and-miss. He’s cleaned that up. The signs have been encouraging.”
Jones was ranked as the Yankees’ No. 7 prospect coming into the 2026 season by The Athletic’s Keith Law.
The 25-year-old outfielder will immediately become one of the most fascinating players in the majors. Jones’ 71.1 percent in-zone contact percentage in Triple A would be the second-worst among all big leaguers; only Chicago White Sox rookie Munetaka Murakami’s mark is lower. Murakami has possessed otherworldly power in his first month in the big leagues, and the Yankees hope Jones can follow a similar path.
“It is special,” Max Schuemann, Jones’ former teammate at Triple A, said of the prospect’s power.
Domínguez is expected to miss a few weeks with an AC joint sprain in his left shoulder. He was playing nearly every day since Giancarlo Stanton was placed on the IL with a calf strain. That means Jones could be in line for a similar role, with the outfielder playing against right-handed pitching and Paul Goldschmidt getting at-bats versus lefties.
