PITTSBURGH — Right-handed pitcher Jared Jones has worked hard in coming back from season-ending surgery last year, but is finally going to start competition against opposing teams. Pirates general manager Ben Cherington said on the Pirates Insider Show on 93.7 The Fan that they anticipate Jones pitching for Single-A Bradenton on April 29, which would start his rehab assignment. Cherington also said that Jones is ready to go physically, that his velocity is where it needs to be and that they want to see him pitch "several outings", and monitor his progress during them to see when he should progress. “I think, barring something really interesting, you’ll see him in a game on Wednesday for Bradenton," Cherington said."We’ll start there in the Florida State league. Obviously, at some point, he’ll pitch at higher levels of the minor leagues during the rehab assignment. “We anticipate, assuming that goes well that first game, we’ll kind of take it an outing at a time and map out the rest of the schedule.…