| 5/17/2013 10:34:00 AM |
Description: Pirates 1B/OF Garrett Jones is a career .500 hitter (6-for-12) with a pair of home runs and a 1.583 OPS against Houston starter Jordan Lyles. | Insight: Jones is having a solid season (.284, 5 HR, 23 RBI and going against the Astros pitching staff is almost always a good strategy. | | |
| 5/13/2013 9:30:00 AM |
Description: Pirates 1B/OF Garrett Jones is a career .158 hitter (3-for-19) versus Milwaukee right-hander Marco Estrada. | Insight: Jones is having a good week, batting .333 and two home runs over his last five games, but this is an unfavorable matchup. | | |
| 5/10/2013 10:20:00 PM |
Description: Pirates 1B/OF Garrett Jones went 3-for-5 with two doubles, a homer and three RBI Friday against the Mets. | Insight: Jones is hitting .306 with five homers and 20 RBI in 98 at-bats against right-handers this season. He has just five at-bats all season against lefties. | | |
| 5/7/2013 10:03:00 PM |
Description: Pirates 1B/OF Garrett Jones went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer Tuesday against Seattle. | Insight: Jones plays against right-handers as part of a platoon with Gaby Sanchez. He's hitting .284 with four homers against righties this season. | | |
| 5/7/2013 10:04:00 AM |
Description: Pirates 1B/OF Garrett Jones is 6-for-10 with a home run and a 1.767 OPS versus Seattle starter Aaron Harang. | Insight: Jones (.287, 3 HR, 15 RBI) was off to a solid start, but has gone cold over the past seven days. Perhaps this matchup will get his bat going again. | | |
| 5/4/2013 10:55:00 AM |
Description: Pirates 1B/OF Garrett Jones is hitless in six at-bats versus Washington right-hander Stephen Strasburg with five strikeouts. | Insight: Jones is off to a solid start, batting .293 with an .832 OPS, but this isn't the matchup to get him in your lineup. Avoid at all costs. | | |
| Hot | 4/28/2013 8:33:00 PM |
Description: Pirates 1B/OF Garrett Jones doubled, homered, walked and scored two runs while going 3-for-4 Sunday against the Cardinals. | Insight: Jones has only two plate appearances against lefties this year (0-2) and is 22-for-66 (.333) with two homers and 13 RBIs against right-handers. | | |
| Hot | 4/14/2013 12:25:00 PM |
Description: Pittsburgh first baseman/occasional outfielder Garrett Jones has been knocking the cover off the ball recently (7-for-13 in his last four games). Unfortunately for his fantasy owners, that trend is unlikely to continue Sunday against Reds ace Mat Latos. | Insight: Making contact against Latos has never been Jones' forte. In 15 at bats versus Latos, Jones has struck out seven times with just two hits. Both hits were singles. It looks like Jones will have to wait for the Reds to get into their bullpen if he wants to do any damage on Sunday. | | |
| 3/7/2013 6:51:00 PM |
Description: Pirates first baseman Garrett Jones was scratched from Thursday's contest with a minor left oblique strain. Jones will "take it light" the next few days, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. | Insight: If the injury really is minor like the Pirates are saying, Jones should be ready well before the season opener. Jones is coming off a career year in which he hit 27 homers with 86 RBIs and an .832 OPS. He had a .274 average after hitting in the .240s the previous two years. Fantasy owners who draft him should realize that he often sits against lefties since he has a career .198 average and .590 OPS against them. | | |
| Cold | 9/23/2012 10:29:00 AM |
Description: Make sure Pirates outfielder Garrett Jones is in your lineup Sunday despite his recent cold streak. Jones will face Astros starter Jordan Lyles Sunday, a matchup he has enjoyed in the past. | Insight: Jones is batting .236 with a .678 OPS in September but he is 5-for-10 with two homers and seven RBIs against Lyles so Sunday would be a good day to get him back in your fantasy lineup. | | |
| Cold | 9/20/2012 9:53:00 PM |
Description: Pirates outfielder Garrett Jones has been pitiful at the plate in his last 12 games, going 7-for-48 (.146) with zero homers. | Insight: Jones' struggles continued Thursday with another hitless day in five at-bats against Milwaukee. | | |
| 9/4/2012 10:22:00 AM |
Description: Pirates outfielder Garrett Jones is 4-for-8 in his career against Houston starter Jordan Lyles with a pair of homers and six RBI. | Insight: Jones is having a fine season, batting .291 with 23 HR, 73 RBI and a .882 OPS. Start him in this favorable matchup. | | |
| 9/2/2012 9:13:00 PM |
Description: Pirates outfielder Garrett Jones collected a trio of hits Sunday in a 12-8 loss to Milwaukee. | Insight: One of his hits was a solo home run. That homer was Jones' 23rd of the year, a new career-high for the veteran. | | |
| 8/21/2012 10:46:00 AM |
Description: Pittsburgh right fielder Garrett Jones is a career .077 hitter (1-for-13) versus Padres starter Jason Marquis. | Insight: Jones is having a solid season batting .281 with 19 HR and 66 RBI. He's been hot of late, batting .348 over the past two weeks, but his matchup should be avoided. | | |
| Hot | 8/16/2012 7:22:00 PM |
Description: Pittsburgh right fielder Garrett Jones erased a poor history against Dodgers starter Joe Blanton with one big afternoon, going 2-for-3 with two homers, six RBIs and a walk Thursday. | Insight: Jones came in with one hit in 13 at-bats against Blanton, but he is so hot right now matchups don't matter. | | |
| Hot | 8/16/2012 10:30:00 AM |
Description: Pittsburgh right fielder Garrett Jones is hitting .077 in 13 career at-bats against Dodgers starter Joe Blanton. | Insight: Jones (.280, 17 HRs, 58 RBIs) has been tearing the cover off the ball as of late but we're a little hesitant to start him Thursday against Blanton. | | |
| 8/13/2012 10:18:00 PM |
Description: Pirates 1B/OF Garrett Jones went 4-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs Monday against the Dodgers. | Insight: Jones is having his best season since 2009, hitting .282 with 17 homers and 57 RBIs. Consider him a solid fill-in OF3 in mixed leagues. | | |
| 8/11/2012 10:10:00 AM |
Description: Pirates outfielder/first baseman Garrett Jones is just 1-for-10 in his career against Padres starter Jason Marquis with three strikeouts. | Insight: Jones (.276, 17 HRs, 53 RBIs) has been a much improved hitter since the All-Star break, but Saturday is an unfavorable matchup. | | |
| 8/1/2012 1:40:00 PM |
Description: Pirates outfielder/first baseman Garrett Jones will watch Wednesday's game against the Cubs from the sidelines. | Insight: Unless he enters the game as a pinch-hitter, Jones (.266, 16 HRs, 49 RBIs) will likely have to wait until Friday for a chance to extend his eight-game hitting streak. | | |
| 7/27/2012 10:13:00 AM |
Description: The sample size is small, but Pittsburgh 1B/OF Garrett Jones has two homers and a double in five at-bats against Houston starter Jordan Lyles. | Insight: Jones is having a second good month in a row, batting .278 with a .849 OPS after batting .300 with a .899 OPS in June. Start him on Friday. | | |
