Training injury scare will keep him out for a chunk of the 2025 season, but he will not have to go under the knife for his right elbow discomfort. Senior director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk said

Less than 24 hours before the Pittsburgh Pirates begin the season at the Miami Marlins, the club offered clarity on what had emerged as the biggest question of spring training: a prognosis on Jared Jones.

Avoiding surgery, but out long term