BayBears' Jones plates career-high five

Jahmai Jones is a people pleaser, so much so that the perpetual failure rooted in the game wears on him, according to Mobile manager Lou Marson. 
Lately, he's been more relaxed, and it's paying dividends at the plate. 
The Angels' fourth-ranked prospect demonstrated that Sunday, collecting a career-high five RBIs while homering and doubling in Double-A Mobile's 10-1 romp over Birmingham at Regions Field. Jones is riding a seven-game hitting streak and has collected multiple hits in four of his last five games for the BayBears. 

"I think he's just finally just relaxing and going out and just playing the game," Marson said. "You know, he's really hard on himself. He wants to do so well ... and he's always trying to make everybody happy. And in this game, you can't do that. We've been having conversations with him about going out and having an edge and continuing to have good at-bats, make good decisions."
The 21-year-old second baseman clubbed a two-run homer to left-center field in the second inning off Kodi Medeiros, then roped a double to right on the first pitch from the 19th-ranked White Sox prospect to plate two more runs in the fourth. Jones capped his career day with an RBI groundout in the sixth.
As in 2017 -- when Jones posted a .167/.211/.292 in his first 18 games with Class A Burlington, Jones started slow this year, posting a .235/.338/.383 slash line in 75 games with Class A Advanced Inland Empire. He's been more productive at the dish since being promoted to Mobile on July 10, hitting .257 with a .759 OPS in 26 contests. 
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The 2015 second-round pick batted .235/.338/.383 in 75 games with Class A Advanced Inland Empire before being promoted to Mobile on July 10. He's been more productive since moving up to the Southern League, hitting .257 with a .759 OPS in 26 contests. 
The season has tested Jones more on the defensive side, with the 6-foot infielder switching to second base from the outfield in the offseason. While the adjustment period is still ongoing, Marson likes what he sees with Jones' development in the infield.
"He'll still have some nights where he'll mess a ball up, but he has a great attitude about it," Marson said. "He's going to do that, he's going to make mistakes. That's part of his development. The organization knows that, I know that, he knows that. Just trying to keep him positive and athletic out there. He's a good athlete and we try and talk to him about being a good athlete out there."
The extra repetitions required to learn a new position make Jones' recent hot stretch even more impressive. 
"He's working on some swing mechanics stuff with our hitting coach (Lee Tinsley) and our hitting coordinator (Jeremy Reed), and it's good to see and especially pretty surprising to see given the position change," Marson said. "He's had a lot of work over there at second base. It's good to see him have some success." 

The Georgia native is 11-for-30 (.367) with seven RBIs and seven runs scored during his hitting streak.
Jose Rojas and Zach Gibbons also homered for the BayBears. Alex Klonowski (8-2) spun seven scoreless innings to win his third straight start, allowing three hits and striking out six.
Top Angels prospect Jo Adell has been out of the BayBears lineup for the past three games for general maintenance, according to Marson. His return date isn't definite, but the skipper said probably will be after Mobile returns home Tuesday. 
"Nothing that concerning, just giving him a couple days," he said. "He's young and it's a long season -- just giving him some time off. We'll get him back in there when we go home."