Nolan Jones

Jones (ankle) has progressed to throwing from 150 feet, hitting in the batting cage and shagging flyballs in the outfield at extended spring training in Arizona, Ryan Lewis of the Akron Beacon Journal reports. Jones' start to the 2022 season has been delayed by his continued rehab from left ankle...

Triple-A Columbus placed Jones (ankle) on its 7-day injured list April 5. Jones was cleared to resume baseball activities in spring training, but he's not yet ready to test his surgically-repaired left ankle in games. Before getting surgery last September, Jones logged 407 plate appearances for Columbus and produced a .238/.356/.431 slash line across 99 games.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Prospects Nolan Jones and Tyler Freeman are not ready to play in spring training games for the Cleveland Guardians as they recover from injuries early in camp. Jones, an outfielder and third baseman, is the club’s former No. 1 prospect who is recovering from offseason ankle...

Jones (ankle) is set to begin baseball activities but has not been cleared to play, Mandy Bell of MLB.com reports. Jones underwent ankle surgery in September after suffering a high-ankle sprain. He's a little bit behind the expected pace, but it's not clear if he'll miss Triple-A Columbus' Opening Day. He'll need to take a step up in 2022 after finishing last year with a .238/.356/.431 slash line, 13 home runs, 10 stolen bases, 48 RBI and 60 runs scored in 407 plate appearances. If he receives his call-up this season, he'd likely get a look in the outfield or at first base -- Jose Ramirez is the Guardians' everyday third baseman, which somewhat blocks Jones at his natural position.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Nolan Jones looks the part of a player who was taken in the second round of the 2016 draft. He’s 6-4, 195 pounds and has shown flashes of the kind of talent that makes an every day position player in the big leagues. Now the Guardians...

CLEVELAND -- The road to recovery for Indians No. 3 prospect Nolan Jones begins now. Jones was placed on Triple-A Columbus’ 7-day injured list on Sept. 1 with an ankle injury that later resulted in surgery. According to Indians president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti, Jones officially underwent a procedure with Dr. O’Malley at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York to stabilize a high ankle sprain. The surgery went as expected, and the estimated recovery timetable is between three and five months.

Jones is expected to undergo surgery to stabilize his high ankle sprain, Zack Meisel of The Athletic reports. Jones suffered the injury in late August. He'll finish the year with a .238/.356/.431 slash line in 99 games for Triple-A Columbus. He homered 13 times and stole 10 bases but also struck out 30.0 percent of the time. He's expected to be ready to go by spring training.

Jones was placed on the 7-day minor-league injured list with a left ankle sprain Thursday. Jones exited Sunday's game at Triple-A Columbus due to his ankle injury and hasn't made any appearances since then. The 23-year-old had reached base safely in each of his last 11 games and slashed .372/.462/.581 with two home runs, three doubles, 16 runs, seven RBI and a stolen base during that time. It's not yet clear whether he'll miss more than the minimum of seven days.

Jones was removed from Triple-A Columbus' game Sunday against Memphis with a left ankle sprain. The third baseman/outfielder went 1-for-4 with a walk before departing with the injury. Over 99 games at Columbus this season, Jones is hitting .238 with 13 home runs and 10 steals while striking out in 30 percent of his plate appearances.

All but one of Columbus’ runs came from solo shots on Thursday, including the walk-off blast in the bottom of the ninth by Trenton Brooks, who went 1-3 with a walk. It was Brooks’ 10th home run of the season and his sixth since being promoted to Triple-A. Top Guardians...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — José Ramírez is hitting .171 in 10 games since bruising his elbow on a dive for a Michael Brantley grounder against Houston on July 1. If Ramírez has to go on the injured list, it could set of a chain reaction of moves that gives top prospect Nolan Jones a shot at the big leagues. On Wednesday’s podcast, Paul Hoynes and Joe Noga discuss what that could look like.

Score: Columbus 7, Iowa 4, Wednesday at Huntington Park. Recap: Alex Call, Oscar Gonzalez and Nolan Jones homered to lead the Clippers. It was the first Triple-A home run for Gonzalez. The Cubs jumped to a 4-0 lead in the second inning off starter Kevin Herget, but relievers Francisco Perez and DJ Johnson shut them down the rest of the way. Herget (5-3) got the win, striking out five in five innings. Johnson got his fifth save.

Jonathan Mayo talks about the Indians’ system and how it will impact the future for this team, the top prospects for the organization, possible trade candidates to keep an eye on before the deadline and more.

Tucked away inside a towering 6-foot-5, 220-pound frame is just a 23-year old kid from Langhorne, Pennsylvania. His name is Nolan Jones, the No. 1 prospect in the Cleveland farm system. He felt the glares, cheers and envy as he sauntered into right field during the Columbus Clippers game on Tuesday night, only his ninth start in the spot. He's playing a new position in a new city after he spent the last full minor league season in Akron.