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Coronavirus quarantining got a lot more painful for one baseball player this week.

Texas Rangers pitcher James Jones tore the patella tendon in his right knee Monday after tripping over one of his son’s toys and falling awkwardly, according to MLB.com.

The 31-year-old former LIU star underwent season-ending surgery Wednesday and is expected to be sidelined until spring training 2021.

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Jones, the Mariners’ former fourth-round pick in 2009, was expected to compete for a bullpen spot on the Rangers’ roster this year once play resumed after the league suspended the season due to the global coronavirus pandemic.

This isn’t Jones’ first season-ending injury. He missed all of 2017 after undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2016 after being converted to a pitcher from an outfielder in 2015.

Jones split the 2019 season between two of the Rangers’ minor-league affiliates: the Frisco Roughriders and the Nashville Sounds. Through four years in the minors, Jones has accumulated a 4.47 ERA.

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