Vic Scott or Spencer Jones for CF 2026?

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Vic Scott or Spencer Jones for CF 2026?

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VSII either needs to improve his hitting, a lot, or be replaced as starting CF next year. Unfortunately, his month by month performance is not predicting improvement, but rather a decline as the league figures him out. Many times he has looked so overmatched he doesn't even attempt to swing the bat for a hit but just plays for a BB.

OPS by month
April - .743
May - .615
June - .627
July- .507

not sure the difference between tOPS+ vs sOPS+ but the latter is only 43 for this month.

Meanwhile Spencer indeed plays CF, is MLB ready, and would only need to hit 2 HRs a Month to outhit VSII. His ceiling is a lot more than 2.
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Re: Vic Scott or Spencer Jones for CF 2026?

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I'll take Jones....I guess? We know what Scott is...he's a .600 OPS CF. Jones can probably get you close to .700 OPS with the same BA as Scott. Power is better. The miss part will be brutal...it's like a skinnier Gorman in CF
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Re: Vic Scott or Spencer Jones for CF 2026?

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When did we get Spencer Jones?
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Re: Vic Scott or Spencer Jones for CF 2026?

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RunSup wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:38 pm When did we get Spencer Jones?
people believe we'll get Jones for Donovan...I'm not quite sold on that one. Nor do I like it, but I'll live with it....I guess?
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Re: Vic Scott or Spencer Jones for CF 2026?

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craviduce wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:39 pm
RunSup wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:38 pm When did we get Spencer Jones?
people believe we'll get Jones for Donovan...I'm not quite sold on that one. Nor do I like it, but I'll live with it....I guess?
do you have a better CF candidate? Oneil Cruz maybe?
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Re: Vic Scott or Spencer Jones for CF 2026?

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Carp4Cy wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:52 pm
craviduce wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:39 pm
RunSup wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:38 pm When did we get Spencer Jones?
people believe we'll get Jones for Donovan...I'm not quite sold on that one. Nor do I like it, but I'll live with it....I guess?
do you have a better CF candidate? Oneil Cruz maybe?
we could try Church...maybe?

My hope and prayer is 2027 and Honeyman or Baez can bridge the gap to a Padilla or a Mitchell.

We need good consistent bat in CF. I can take the hit on speed in CF, not everyone is an 80grade speed ....Scott is just a Hamilton freak like that.
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Re: Vic Scott or Spencer Jones for CF 2026?

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craviduce wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:39 pm
RunSup wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:38 pm When did we get Spencer Jones?
people believe we'll get Jones for Donovan...I'm not quite sold on that one. Nor do I like it, but I'll live with it....I guess?
Yanks have moved on. They picked up McMahon for third base for next two years and have Chisholm at second. Dominguez is in left field. They are looking for pitching
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Re: Vic Scott or Spencer Jones for CF 2026?

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craviduce wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:54 pm
Carp4Cy wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:52 pm
craviduce wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:39 pm
RunSup wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:38 pm When did we get Spencer Jones?
people believe we'll get Jones for Donovan...I'm not quite sold on that one. Nor do I like it, but I'll live with it....I guess?
do you have a better CF candidate? Oneil Cruz maybe?
we could try Church...maybe?

My hope and prayer is 2027 and Honeyman or Baez can bridge the gap to a Padilla or a Mitchell.

We need good consistent bat in CF. I can take the hit on speed in CF, not everyone is an 80grade speed ....Scott is just a Hamilton freak like that.

Yeah, lets see what we have in Church, sounds like the glove, speed and arm will play for him there. Big question being an at least serviceable bat.
I think we can get a higher tier prospect for Donnie if we go that route, Jones seems like a B tier, which is great. But we should at least be able to flirt with A tier for a higher value Donnie, all star, versatile, competent glove in multiple spots and an above avg bat
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Re: Vic Scott or Spencer Jones for CF 2026?

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Jobu's Rum wrote: 28 Jul 2025 20:15 pm
craviduce wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:54 pm
Carp4Cy wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:52 pm
craviduce wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:39 pm
RunSup wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:38 pm When did we get Spencer Jones?
people believe we'll get Jones for Donovan...I'm not quite sold on that one. Nor do I like it, but I'll live with it....I guess?
do you have a better CF candidate? Oneil Cruz maybe?
we could try Church...maybe?

My hope and prayer is 2027 and Honeyman or Baez can bridge the gap to a Padilla or a Mitchell.

We need good consistent bat in CF. I can take the hit on speed in CF, not everyone is an 80grade speed ....Scott is just a Hamilton freak like that.

Yeah, lets see what we have in Church, sounds like the glove, speed and arm will play for him there. Big question being an at least serviceable bat.
I think we can get a higher tier prospect for Donnie if we go that route, Jones seems like a B tier, which is great. But we should at least be able to flirt with A tier for a higher value Donnie, all star, versatile, competent glove in multiple spots and an above avg bat
Why isn't Church here then? We can't spend yet another year just trying to "figure out what we've got" at the MLB level.
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Re: Vic Scott or Spencer Jones for CF 2026?

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Judge went on the IL and the Yankees didn’t call up Jones.
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Re: Vic Scott or Spencer Jones for CF 2026?

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An Old Friend wrote: 28 Jul 2025 20:32 pm Judge went on the IL and the Yankees didn’t call up Jones.
He is injured and not on the 40 man roster.
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Re: Vic Scott or Spencer Jones for CF 2026?

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Carp4Cy wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:52 pm
craviduce wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:39 pm
RunSup wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:38 pm When did we get Spencer Jones?
people believe we'll get Jones for Donovan...I'm not quite sold on that one. Nor do I like it, but I'll live with it....I guess?
do you have a better CF candidate? Oneil Cruz maybe?
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Re: Vic Scott or Spencer Jones for CF 2026?

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craviduce wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:54 pm
Carp4Cy wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:52 pm
craviduce wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:39 pm
RunSup wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:38 pm When did we get Spencer Jones?
people believe we'll get Jones for Donovan...I'm not quite sold on that one. Nor do I like it, but I'll live with it....I guess?
do you have a better CF candidate? Oneil Cruz maybe?
we could try Church...maybe?

My hope and prayer is 2027 and Honeyman or Baez can bridge the gap to a Padilla or a Mitchell.

We need good consistent bat in CF. I can take the hit on speed in CF, not everyone is an 80grade speed ....Scott is just a Hamilton freak like that.
That's what I think works. Jones is just a guy in the next pasture, too expensive to reach if it costs us Donovan.
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Re: Vic Scott or Spencer Jones for CF 2026?

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craviduce wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:39 pm
RunSup wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:38 pm When did we get Spencer Jones?
people believe we'll get Jones for Donovan...I'm not quite sold on that one. Nor do I like it, but I'll live with it....I guess?
You're not sold because it's not
a good idea.
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Re: Vic Scott or Spencer Jones for CF 2026?

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craviduce wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:54 pm
Carp4Cy wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:52 pm
craviduce wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:39 pm
RunSup wrote: 28 Jul 2025 19:38 pm When did we get Spencer Jones?
people believe we'll get Jones for Donovan...I'm not quite sold on that one. Nor do I like it, but I'll live with it....I guess?
do you have a better CF candidate? Oneil Cruz maybe?
we could try Church...maybe?

My hope and prayer is 2027 and Honeyman or Baez can bridge the gap to a Padilla or a Mitchell.

We need good consistent bat in CF. I can take the hit on speed in CF, not everyone is an 80grade speed ....Scott is just a Hamilton freak like that.
70 isn't too much of a downgrade
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Re: Vic Scott or Spencer Jones for CF 2026?

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We're 3.5 back in the WC, Mo isn't selling.
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