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Jared Jones
B/T L/R · 6' 0" · 211 lb · born Whittier, CA, USA · age 25 · draft 2020 rd 2 · played P 26 · MLB debut 2024-03-30
415 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Jared Jones, 25, is a right-hander from Whittier, California, taken in the second round in 2020. In 43 career starts he has struck out 255, and his last two MLB outings produced 14 strikeouts — nearly a batter an inning, the one thing his line says loud.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
We wrote about Jones here — The Buzz September 11, 2026
What he’s paid
ArbitrationA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s, as of .
- 2026 salary
- $2.40M
- Tax hit
- $2.40M
- Service time
- 3 yr 0 d
- Options left
- 3 / 3
The deal A1
On the sheet: A1
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | Arb 2 | Arb 3 | Free agent |
| Tax hit | — | — | — |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Pittsburgh Pirates.
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The Bureau on Jared Jones
The scouting press, in their own words
Spencer Jones vs. left-handed pitchers between the regular season and playoffs: .377/.424/.639/1.064, 3 HR, 5 2B, 14 RBI.
AL & NL Players of the Month •AL – Carter Jensen, KC •NL – Elly De La Cruz, CIN AL & NL Pitchers of the Month •AL – Freddy Peralta, TB •NL – Jared Jones, PIT AL & NL Rookies of the Month •AL – Carter Jensen, KC •NL – Cole Carrigg, COL AL & NL Relievers of the Month
DRAFT NEWS: 2027 RHP/SS Harry “Chubb” Jones Jr. is enrolling early at the University of Alabama and will not be draft-eligible in July. Jones Jr. ranked as the No. 68 prospect in the 2027 Draft. Intriguing pitch metrics, up to 97 and a 70-grade runner on the field. https://t.co/tTCYDKL2r0
Umpire favor
-3.2 net runs over 18 graded games — the zone cost the umpire more than it gave, on balance.
The line
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