By Matt Rappa, Sports Talk Philly editor 
Had five-time All-Star and four-time Gold Glove Award winner Adam Jones not declined to waive his 10-and-5 no-trade rights to come to the Philadelphia Phillies in late July, who knows where the postseason-hopeful club would currently stand, with 12 games remaining in the season.
Jones did just that, however, leading the Phillies to later acquire Wilson Ramos from the Tampa Bay Rays on July 31, Justin Bour from the Miami Marlins on August 10, and Jose Bautista from the New York Mets on August 28, among other pitching acquisitions.
Jones told the Baltimore Sun at the time of the trade rejection that it is his decision, and he earned the right to not have to "explain it to nobody." "I made the decision, you all didn’t. This is my decision, this is my life. I'm not going around dictating other people’s lives," he said. "So why do they do that with us? No one is going to tell me what to do. I earned every single bit of it. People before me fought vigorously, tirelessly to get rights like this. And I can invoke them."
During MASN's Facebook Live broadcast on Tuesday, Jones added in saying coming to Philadelphia just "wasn't the right move" for him going into free agency.
MLBTradeRumors.com transcribed the live broadcast with Jones, who wishes the Phillies "the best," because they have a "really good team."
"It just wasn't right for me. I was playing center field at the time, and they wanted me to go play right field and platoon. That was the situation there, and it's understandable. That's how their roster was constructed, and that's National League ball – double-switch and all that kind of stuff. … It wasn't the right move for me, especially going into free agency. I'm not going into free agency looking like I'm [Nolan] Arenado, [Manny] Machado or [Bryce] Harper – obviously not – but I want to continue to create and maintain my stock. Going there to platoon, obviously in a good environment, a winning environment, would've hurt me in the long run. If I was 36, 37, a little older and toward the end of it all, of course – that would've been a very ideal and smart move, because it'd make sense. … I wish the Phillies the best, because I believe they have a really good team."
Jones, 33, has played 11 of his 13 big-league seasons with the Baltimore Orioles. This season, the San Diego, California, native is slashing .285/.316/.427 with 32 doubles, 15 home runs, 58 RBI, and seven stolen bases spanning 135 games and 570 plate appearances.
