Mike Cameron was still in A Ball at the age of 21 where he hit .248 with a .721 OPS. At 21 this past season, Jackson was in Double-A where he was hitting .285 with a .773 OPS. I think he has the potential to be a better hitter than Cameron average wise and we’ll have to wait and see if the power develops. Yes, the K rates are high but they were high for Cameron too. With similar K rates Jackson has put up a better average than Cameron, so maybe he is making the most of the times when he does put the ball in play. He is still very young and not done developing.

AndrewYF:
As with so many of our conversations about prospects, only time will settle this. I hope you are correct. But players prone to striking out do not usually transform themselves into high-contact hitters. We can hope he becomes more selective over time.

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compared to the OPS’s we’ve gotten from Bernie and Melky over the years, Jackson is going to seem like some kind of savior.

Also, remember that he just started playing baseball full time 3 years ago. Jackson is still raw, but obviously extremely talented. It’s not like Mike Cameron is his ceiling.

This is not the profile of a future superstar. Others have likened him to a younger Mike Cameron — fine glove, good speed, strike-out prone. A useful piece on a good team, not the cornerstone. So it is important to keep the expectations in line with that and not to expect a savior. And also, for the impatient among us, a player likely to need several years in the majors to reach his level.

I think he will be given a lot more chances than Juan Rivera to prove himself.

also, when was the last time Yankees produced a consistent 285/.360/.470 player? I’d hope fans would be plenty satisfied with that.