Jones, for his part, is not currently on the 40-player roster. If that was the long and short of it, he would be at a disadvantage to some of the alternatives who are already on the 40-player roster, such as Everson Pereira and Bryan De La Cruz .

New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge will go on the injured list with a flexor strain in his right elbow, but a scan showed no damage to the ulnar collateral ligament of the two-time AL MVP.