The Brewers announced Monday that they’ve signed infielder Jahmai Jones and added him directly to their 26-man Major League roster for today’s game. Infielder/outfielder Brian Anderson was placed on the paternity list in a corresponding roster move. Milwaukee already had an open spot on the 40-man roster. Jones, an ACES client, opted out of a minor league contract with the Dodgers over the weekend.
Jones, 26 next month, was a second-round pick by the Angels back in 2015 and long rated as one of the Halos’ best prospects, even cracking most top-100 lists heading into the 2018 season. He’s only logged 29 games in the big leagues to this point, hitting just .176/.228/.216 in 79 trips to the plate during that tiny sample, most of which came with the 2021 Orioles.
Struggles in that small collection of big league games notwithstanding, Jones has a strong Triple-A track record, including an excellent .293/.428/.543 slash in 263 plate appearances with the Dodgers’ top affiliate in 2023. He’s clubbed nine homers, connected on 20 doubles and added three triples this season, walking at a massive 17.5% clip against a 20.9% strikeout rate.
Jones has primarily played second base in his professional career, but he does have nearly 1700 innings of experience in center field and another 369 frames in left field, so he could have some utility appeal for the Brewers in the short-term. Owen Miller has played first base, second base and third base for the Brewers this season, and he’ll likely step in at the hot corner while Anderson is on the paternity list for up to three days. Jones could be an option there as well, though he has just nine innings at third base since being drafted.
Good luck to Jahmai.
No idea why, but whenever I think a player has a good name, that player often breaks out to become elite at some point (examples include J.D. Martinez, Corbin Burnes, and Wade Davis to name a few). This is how I feel about Jahmai Jones, I think he’ll figure something out.
I hope he is able to finally put his full talent on display
I smell some collusion here. Jones opts out and the next day is signed to a major league deal…hmmm?
Fairly typical for guys on minor league deals w/ opt outs to have their agent gauge interest around the league. Nothing crazy here
Expecting 3 hits and an rbi today. Will have to head to draft kings to place my bet
3 RBI’s today
They are in first
The Crew keeps throwing stuff at the wall to see if anything sticks. Can’t hurt
Not a whole lot is working so they better keep at it.
I’m surprised he has not gotten an extended look before now with his good minor league numbers and limited MLB reps. I was hoping the Tigers might grab him and give him a try.
And he’s hitting 1.000 first pitch he saw today. A cookke Right down the middle. 3 run double.
I really hope David Ross is on the hot seat after today’s game in Milwaukee.
Wonder if he’ll get another at bat before Anderson is reinstated, and he gets jettisoned to open a roster spot…
Him or Monasterio. But with the way the season has gone, Anderson will replace the next injured player.