Pirates Share Update on Jared Jones

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Matt Graves | Last updated May 21, 2025 3:15 PM ET

Jared Jones second season with the Pittsburgh Pirates is over before it started. Jones underwent elbow surgery and is expected to miss the remainder of the 2025 season.

The club's senior director of sport medicine Todd Tomczyk announced to reporters it was to address his ailing right elbow. Tomczyk did clarify that the decision to pursue surgery was made following last week's setback.

"After a lot of contemplation, a lot of learning from multiple experts in and outside the industry, ultimately, Jared and his team, in support of the Pirates, decided to proceed with surgery to the right elbow-forearm complex," Tomczyk said.

Jones suffered a right UCL sprain in Spring Training. After six weeks of rest, Jones started throwing again at the end of April, with the hope being that he could throw off a slop by the end of May.

Late last week, Jones started to experiences recurring symptoms when he was throwing out to 100 feet. The right-hander reconvened with Dr. Keith Meister on Tuesday, after which Jones agreed that surgery was the best option moving forward.

Jones emerged as one of the club's top young arms last season. He went 6-8 with a 4.14 ERA and 132 strikeouts over 121 1/3 innings, though he did miss time because of a lat injury.

It's a massive sting for the Pirates. Pittsburgh has a good collection of pitching in both the majors in minors.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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