With less than three weeks to go until Opening Day, Adam Jones finally has an MLB team for 2019. It’s not the Orioles. Former MLBer Dontrelle Willis broke the news on Sunday that Jones would be signing with the Arizona Diamondbacks, although the deal is still pending a physical before it is complete. ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported that the contract comes with $3 million in guaranteed money.
A reunion between the O’s and Jones always seemed to be unlikely going back to late last season, when the team moved more decisively in a rebuilding direction.