He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox in 2009 and the Florida Marlins in 2010.

Jones was called up on April 15, 2009 and five days later made his major league debut against the Baltimore Orioles.

On November 5, 2009, Jones was traded to the Florida Marlins with minor league pitcher Jose Alvarez for Jeremy Hermida.

He was later cut by the Red Sox and signed by the Laredo Lemurs of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball.

Jones spent the second half of the 2012 season pitching for the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs helping them reach the playoffs.