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Mississippi’s best high school player of 2010, Richton’s JaCoby Jones, hasn’t had much trouble adjusting to college ball. In fact, he is flourishing. Jones, starting at second base for nationally ranked LSU, is hitting .550 with two home runs and eight RBIs in six games for the undefeated Tigers. Wow. It’s sort of a head-scratcher that Jones, who goes 6 feet 3, 195 pounds, wasn’t drafted last June until the 19th round (by Houston). He was wise to pass up whatever the Astros offered. He’s likely to do much better next time he’s picked.
P.S. Thirteen Mississippi Braves alumni appeared in Atlanta’s first spring training game on Saturday. Freddie Freeman went 3-for-3 and scored a run and Matt Young had a hit and a run in a 5-5 tie against the New York Mets. Pitchers Craig Kimbrel, Juan Abreu and Michael Broadway all got knocked around a little and were tagged with blown saves.