Brock Jones

Draft Prospects

• Ranked #31 prospect in 2022 draft
  School: Stanford Committed/Drafted: Never Drafted
  Age At Draft: 21.3
  BA Grade: 55/Extreme
  Scouting Grades: Hit: 45 | Power: 55 | Run: 60 | Field: 55 | Arm: 40
  Jones played safety on Stanford’s football team as a freshman before dropping the sport to focus on baseball full-time. He spent three seasons as a starter in Stanford’s outfield and propelled the Cardinal to the College World Series as a sophomore with three home runs in the clinching game of the super regional. Jones is a streaky hitter who tends to start slowly before heating up late in seasons. He’s patient at the plate and has excellent strike-zone discipline, but his swing is stiff and he lacks natural rhythm and timing in the batter’s box, leading to too many swings and misses. He struggles against pitches on the outer half in particular and is often late on fastballs down the middle. Jones has plus raw power and hits the ball hard when he does connect. He is a plus runner and above-average defender in center field with a loose, natural gait. His below-average arm is his weakest tool. Jones is built like a football player with his bulky, muscular frame and has little projection remaining. He will need to make significant improvements to his swing to be even a fringe-average hitter, but if he can, he has the approach, strength and athleticism to post high on-base percentages and hit 20 home runs per year while staying in center field.
• Ranked #259 prospect in 2019 draft
  A 6-foot-1, 175-pound athletic lefthander who throws from a three-quarter slot, Jones has a fast arm and threw in the 86-91 mph range last summer at the Area Code Games. While his fastball will need to improve to get to an average pitch in the future, Jones shows the makings of a plus curveball, which he throws with a knuckle-curve grip in the mid-70s with impressive shape and spin. Jones has also thrown a changeup in the low to mid-80s. He is committed to Washington.