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Greg Jones, OF
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Scouting report
No new information to provide here, since Jones only arrived at the Rays' alternate site in mid-September, and then wasn't seen at instructs due to a minor knee injury that kept him from action until he did some fielding and light hitting toward the end of camp. Teams loved Jones' tools coming out of high school, but he was very raw as a hitter, especially for someone as old as he was relative to his high school senior peers. After a strikeout-heavy freshman year in Wilmington, Jones cut his whiff total nearly in half as a draft-eligible sophomore. He also improved enough defensively to keep the shortstop projection alive, though some scouts think he may need to move to center field. It was enough for him to be in teams' mix in the comp round's zip code, and he was drafted 31st overall by the Rays. A year and a half later, Jones remained the same sort of player. He struggled during Extended Spring, but had a strong summer in the Penn League, which was a pretty conservative assignment. Jones has everyday outs. Even if he doesn't stay at short, he's going to play up the middle, and so long as he's getting to the power he has a shot to play everyday. I think there's still-to-come hit tool growth, enough that the in-game power manifests. (Alternate site, Fall Instructional League)