Adam Jones possibly out for the rest of the year

by Stacey on Sep 2, 2009 4:32 PM EDT in News Comment 13 comments

Get better soon, Adam! Don't worry, Felix will hold it down until you return. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)

Though the swelling in Adam Jones' left ankle has been reduced, it's still possible that he's played his last game in 2009.

Jones suffered a bad sprain while scrambling back to first base last night. He's projected to miss two-to-three weeks, but it could be longer.

"Jones is going to be out indefinitely," manager Dave Trembley said. "I couldn't tell you when or if he'll come back.

"It's not a pleasant feeling to lose a player the caliber of Jones going down the stretch. There's no one who's made as much improvement from one year to the next as Jones. I think everybody can attest to that. And you lose a guy like that in the middle of your lineup and the middle of your diamond and the middle of your clubhouse, that's a major blow. Major."

Read the rest of the gruesome details on Roch's blog.

Well, this sucks. Adam had been slumping and I really wanted him to have a chance to turn it on for the rest of the year. This effectively makes Pie the everyday CF and Jeff Fiorentino the 4th OF. I guess the bright side is that in another lost year, at least Felix Pie will be given a chance to be properly evaluated.

I think we are all going to have to accept that Adam Jones is the type of player that gets hurt a lot, although at least a few of his injuries are of the freak variety (foul ball on the foot, twisted ankle on a base).

I'm bummed, though. I love watching that kid play, even when he does frustrate me to no end with his silly strikeouts.

Adam's thoughts on his injury, as transcribed by Roch:

Jones wants to be optimistic. The first words out of his mouth were, "It's a tough injury, but to me, I see myself playing. It's a matter of when. It's a joint. You really can't determine when."

Jones said his entire foot is swollen now, as opposed to only the ankle last night. He's receiving ice treatments, but there isn't much more that the training staff can do for him at this point. The swelling will have to go down. The ankle obviously is sore to the touch.

"Sucks. It just sucks, to me," Jones said. "It's something you can't control. Your playing, everything's going so fast, you never know what could happen. It was just unfortunate, something I'll have to deal with."

I'll assume that grammatical error belongs to Roch, not Adam :-)

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Bad for Jonesy, good for Pie.

Also, probably good for draft position.

Net win?

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by OEutaw on Sep 2, 2009 4:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

maybe

AJ is so young, I think he just had a shitload of bad luck this year. I do think that in coming seasons he’ll be toughened up a bit. its not like he’s a pitcher or catcher and super prone to repeat injury.

1933 was a bad year

by Senatorrosewater on Sep 2, 2009 4:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm trying to quite cursing.

FUCK!!

Oh well tomorrow is another day.

"Daddy, is Hevan like BIRDLAND?"
"No son, Hevan is BIRDLAND."

by BENNY BIRDMAN on Sep 2, 2009 6:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

grammatical error

let she who has not sinned……

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by zknower on Sep 2, 2009 6:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm kinda happy

Would rather not see him at all this year, then let him play and risk furture injury. Plus, it gives Pie more playing time, as we can see weather the last month was a fluke, or a sign of things to come

"When we won the league championship, all the married guys on the club had to thank their wives for putting up with all the stress and strain all season. I had to thank all the single broads in New York"
Joe Namath

by Civardi on Sep 2, 2009 6:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Too bad he had to go out in the midst of such a shitty stretch.

Hopefully when he comes back he’ll go back to being patient and driving the ball the other way.

by O'sFan21 on Sep 2, 2009 9:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Does this

scare anyone else? Is it possible that this is the start of a long, injury riddled career to a guy with so much potential, or am I just being a panicky Pete?

When you're born into the human race you're given a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you're given a front row seat. And some of us have notepads.-George Carlin

by Afghanistan Steve on Sep 3, 2009 10:23 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Honestly...

…this not some gut wrenching play AJ injured himself on. He turned around after running past 1B and (unnecessarily, since he hadn’t made the turn toward 2B) ran back to the base, stopping quickly on the 1B bag. The fact that he’s going to be out more than one night over this is more than a little worrisome. It tells me this guy’s future in MLB is always going to under a cloud of doubt due to injuries, that seemingly can be caused by near routine plays.

by Jonny Pops on Sep 3, 2009 1:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hang tough Stacy......

I started following the O’s and the L.A. Rams in the 60’s and I don’t even have to tell you the hell I put myself through following those two teams for the last 40 years ……… your skin will grow thicker and you will become less emotionally vulnerable over the years…….so just hang in there and enjoy the ride……..( the Rams won 4 games in 1998 and then won the Super Bowl the following year, so you never know what might happen)…… The O’s need a manager who will simply not tolerate losing……Trembles must go….. and don’t forget the 1989 O’s….a miracle team if there ever was one…..

by O'sFan_ on Sep 3, 2009 2:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

"The O’s need a manager who will simply not tolerate losing"

What a silly thing to say.

The Orioles are not losing because Trembley tolerates it. The Orioles lose because they are BAD. They are bad at baseball.

You could take the greatest manager in the history of managers and he couldn’t get this team to win, because they are bad at baseball.

Maybe Trembley should stay, maybe Trembley should go. But Trembley is not what’s keeping this team from winning.

Earl Weaver would’ve kissed Adam Dunn on the mouth in public. - SC 08/11/08

by Stacey on Sep 3, 2009 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If I'm not allowed to say silly things then I'm not playing.....

You are correct about the O’s being BAD…… I just remember the last time they were good was when Davey Johnson was manager and Ray Miller was pitching coach…..I still have nightmares about Angelos firing Davey……. I’m just frustrated like every other O’s fan…… and I think a manager who’s a little bit more intimidating or a little bit more accomplished would help…… thanks for all the work you do on here Stacey…… Is Bill Parcells available?

by O'sFan_ on Sep 3, 2009 3:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

You're allowed to say silly things

anytime. I enjoy a laugh.

Earl Weaver would’ve kissed Adam Dunn on the mouth in public. - SC 08/11/08

by Stacey on Sep 3, 2009 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe...

…it’s some kind of curse-related thing, like, they got injury-riddled Bedard, we get an injury-riddled Jones…

Dun dun dun…

Or maybe he just overexerted himself running back to first, it was a freak thing. Really bizarre, pointless, should-not-have-happened injury. That back thing was kinda freakish too, yes?

Well I’ll miss you AJ, even if you weren’t hitting much recently. Keep that foot elevated!

by O Nina on Sep 3, 2009 9:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs