L.J. Jones

Leonard Charles Jones

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 225 lb.

• School California State University, Long Beach
• High School Eastlake High School (Chula Vista), Rancho Bernardo High School

• Born June 27, 1999 in San Diego, CA USA

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Biographical Information

L.J. Jones has played in the minors and for the Panamanian national team.

Jones's high school team was ranked third nationally in 2017, when he hit .320 with nine homers. He hit .312/.358/.408 as a college freshman then was medically redshirted after being hit by a pitch in his second game in 2019. He batted .327/.377/.509 in a COVID-19-shortened season. The St. Louis Cardinals picked him in the fifth round of the 2020 amateur draft.

He batted .243/.303/.371 for the 2021 Palm Beach Cardinals, backing up at first base and the corner outfield. With the Peoria Chiefs the next year, he improved to .261/.328/.449 with 33 doubles. He led the Midwest League in doubles (one ahead of Eddys Leonard) and was 8th in RBI. In the Cards chain, he was second in two-baggers (three behind Masyn Winn) and was again 8th in RBI.

As his mother was from Panama, he played for Panama in the 2022 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers. Starting at first base and hitting cleanup in their opener, he popped up against Argentina's Guido Monis his first at-bat and finished 1-for-8 with one run in their two games. His lone hit came off Juan Elorza of Argentina. Panama still cruised to a spot in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, their first World Baseball Classic in 14 years.