Orioles center fielder Adam Jones returns from the World Baseball Classic with a burnished reputation as one of the game’s stars and great leaders, owed in part to the front-man role he played for the title-winning United States team.
Jones himself doesn’t feel like he did anything outside of his usual game to earn that, but there’s no denying he’s elevated his stock in March with the US team’s run—and he sees parallels with what makes the Orioles tick, too.
“I think it was just the world seeing me in a different light — different players seeing me in a different light,” Jones said.