- Full name Justin D. Jones
- Born 01/10/1991 in Riverbank, CA
- Profile Ht.: 6'2" / Wt.: 160 / Bats: L / Throws: L
- School Oakdale Senior (CA) HS
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Drafted in the 26th round (790th overall) by the Minnesota Twins in 2012.
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Jones was a seventh-round pick in 2009 out of high school by the White Sox and had a solid freshman year and an excellent sophomore campaign. He has a lanky, 6-foot-2, 188-pound build. But after not pitching in the fall because of a forearm strain, he's been a bit off this spring, going 4-8, 4.40 with just 46 strikeouts over 78 innings and the Bears' coaching staff is throwing him on Sundays. There's more effort to his delivery this year than there has been in the past and he's not pitching with as much poise, either. His fastball velocity fluctuates, sometimes in it's usual 88-91 mph range, while other times it will be in the mid-80s. He'll still flash an above-average curveball, which was his bread and butter, though the pitch has gone backwards this season and he's not throwing it with the consistency he used to. Jones has shown a good changeup in the past and added a cutter to his repertoire this year. He's been pitching backwards a lot and some scouts believe when he gets back to pitching off his fastball that he'll return to being the pitcher he was in high school and earlier in his career at Cal.
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Jones was a seventh-round pick in 2009 out of high school by the White Sox and had a solid freshman year and an excellent sophomore campaign. He has a lanky, 6-foot-2, 188-pound build. But after not pitching in the fall because of a forearm strain, he's been a bit off this spring, going 4-8, 4.40 with just 46 strikeouts over 78 innings and the Bears' coaching staff is throwing him on Sundays. There's more effort to his delivery this year than there has been in the past and he's not pitching with as much poise, either. His fastball velocity fluctuates, sometimes in it's usual 88-91 mph range, while other times it will be in the mid-80s. He'll still flash an above-average curveball, which was his bread and butter, though the pitch has gone backwards this season and he's not throwing it with the consistency he used to. Jones has shown a good changeup in the past and added a cutter to his repertoire this year. He's been pitching backwards a lot and some scouts believe when he gets back to pitching off his fastball that he'll return to being the pitcher he was in high school and earlier in his career at Cal.
