I should have put money down on Jones being dealt this year. His strikeout issue hasn't improved at all, but he still has that dynamism that makes him very appealing. As a SS/CF he was a long-shot to ever make it with the Pirates after we drafted a short stop in the first round for the second consecutive year.
You hate losing that kind of talent for a rental, but at the same time the odds of him actually producing up to his talent level is extremely minimal given that he's already struck out 113 times this year after striking out 132 times last year. For comparison's sake Pedro's only full season in the minors came with 129 strikeouts...Jones is set to eclipse that for the second time in two complete seasons.