Jared Jones Won't Make A Start This Week
6 months agoThe Pittsburgh Pirates will go with starting pitchers Martin Perez, Paul Skenes and Bailey Falter, in that order, for their three-game series this weekend against the Atlanta Braves that stars on Friday. It means that rookie right-hander Jared Jones won't make a start at all this week. There's no word of any injury for Jones. However, general manager Ben Cherington previously said while the Pirates don't plan to shut Jones or Skenes down at any point this year, both pitchers will have their respective workloads managed to some degree as the season unfolds. It appears that's what Pittsburgh is doing with the 22-year-old Jones this week. Jones has already thrown 86 innings over his first 15 major-league starts and he's next lined up to face the division-rival St. Louis Cardinals next week. He's held his own with a 3.66 ERA, 1.10 WHIP and 26.5% strikeout rate.
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Kevin Gorman
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Kevin Gorman