When it comes to the Cleveland Indians – and MLB in general – the future is all we’re left to think about right now. Much of it – when the regular season will start, if the regular season will start – remains up in the air, leaving very little to actually discuss.
However, that isn’t the case with one of the most important pieces of Cleveland’s future, prospect Nolan Jones.
Considered league-wide as one of baseball’s top up-and-comers, Jones just wrapped up his first spring training with the Tribe. With a handful of stats to sift through and plenty of time on our hands, now seems like as good a time as ever to evaluate the third baseman’s first big-league spring with Cleveland.
Casey Drottar is an Cleveland Indians writer for Sports Illustrated. Subscribe to his podcast, or follow him on Twitter and Facebook