{"id":100674,"date":"2025-05-21T15:42:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T19:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=100674"},"modified":"2025-05-21T15:46:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T19:46:01","slug":"pirates-pitcher-jared-jones-tommy-john-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/05\/21\/pirates-pitcher-jared-jones-tommy-john-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates Pitcher Jared Jones To Undergo Tommy John Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, the Pittsburgh Pirates learned that pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=jonesja09,jones-013jar&amp;search=Jared+Jones&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jared Jones<\/a> needs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnto01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tommy John<\/a> surgery to repair his right elbow. The news was announced on Wednesday\u2019s pregame show on SportsNet Pittsburgh. Given the normal recovery time, Jones will miss the rest of this season as well as all of 2026. On pace to become one of the worst teams in Pirates history with a 16-33 record, they needed more bad news like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sandede02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deion Sanders<\/a> needs more jewelry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jared Jones To Undergo Elbow Surgery <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CkONowDhGx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/CkONowDhGx<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KyNW4ir0Aa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/KyNW4ir0Aa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB Trade Rumors (@mlbtraderumors) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mlbtraderumors\/status\/1925218369193545912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Pirates Jones Needs Tommy John Surgery<\/h3>\n<p>On March 25, the Pirates shut Jones down when he experienced elbow discomfort due to a UCL sprain. At the time, it was determined that there was no ligament damage. The recommendation was that he refrain from throwing for six weeks. Then he\u2019d begin a throwing program that would have him ready to pitch by around June or July. Thus, Jones went on the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/03\/25\/pirates-jared-jones-injured-list-elbow\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">15-day<\/a> and then the 60-day injured list.<\/p>\n<p>Jones began his throwing program on April 30. Pirates senior director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk gave the media a timetable of 12 weeks before Jones could be seen throwing in a Pittsburgh major league uniform again. Tomczyk sounded an optimistic tone, saying Jones might even make it ahead of that schedule if his arm responded well. Unfortunately, last week, the Pirates became concerned with how Jones was progressing and recommended that he have a specialist take another look at the elbow. Hence, Tuesday\u2019s appointment with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmisportsmed.com\/keith-meister-md-orthopedic-surgery-texas.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Keith Meister<\/a>, the Texas Rangers Head Team Physician.<\/p>\n<h3>Big Loss for the Pirates<\/h3>\n<p>The fearless right-hander Jones, 23, was the Pirates No. 3 prospect when he <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/03\/25\/jared-jones-pirates-opening-day-roster\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">made the team out of spring training<\/a> last year. He was 6-8 with a 4.14 ERA and 1.192 WHIP while striking out 132 batters in 121 2\/3 innings. He came out of the gate strong, posting a 3.27 ERA after 13 starts. Thereafter, opposing batters started to catch up with him. Jones had three rough starts before straining his lat muscle on July 4. When he returned after almost <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/04\/jared-jones-injured-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">two months on the IL<\/a>, his last six starts didn\u2019t go well. Over that time, his ERA was 5.87, although a 4.76 FIP indicated poor support, and bad luck contributed.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the Pirates were counting heavily on Jones to help them reach their goal of a winning season for 2025. Instead, he\u2019s another personification of the baseball axiom that a team can never have enough pitching. Talk that he would be part of a formidable rotation that included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/skenepa01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Skenes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kellemi03.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitch Keller<\/a>, and No. 1 prospect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=chandl002roy&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bubba Chandler<\/a> now must be postponed until 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credits: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, the Pittsburgh Pirates learned that pitcher Jared Jones needs Tommy John surgery to repair his right elbow. The news was announced on Wednesday\u2019s pregame show on SportsNet Pittsburgh. Given the normal recovery time, Jones will miss the rest of this season as well as all of 2026. 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