Re: General Blue Jays Thread pt. 2
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:37 pm
Anyone remember the last time we got good news?
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Davey0 wrote:Well this trade kinda hurts. I surely hope its worth it ?
Randle McMurphy wrote:Davey0 wrote:Well this trade kinda hurts. I surely hope its worth it ?
Why would it hurt? Espinal sucks and had no place on this team any longer. Good to get rid of his salary.
DUNEDIN, Fla. — The Toronto Blue Jays cleared a spot on their 40-man roster and started unclogging their middle-infield/super-utility player logjam Wednesday by trading Santiago Espinal to the Cincinnati Reds for minor-league righty Chris McElvain.
Moving the 2022 all-star likely solidifies Ernie Clement’s spot on the big-league club while clearing space for either Brian Serven or Payton Henry, both non-roster invitees, to start the season in the majors while fellow catcher Danny Jansen recovers from a fractured pisiform.
Additional 40-man roster decisions will be necessary if the Blue Jays decide to carry any of minor-league free agents Joey Votto, Daniel Vogelbach or Eduardo Escobar, so additional juggling may very well loom.
Trading Espinal also frees up $2.725 million and leaves the Blue Jays roughly $10 million clear of the second luxury tax threshold of $257 million, adding to their flexibility.
At the same time, the Blue Jays add a 23-year-old right-hander in McElvain that they liked out of Vanderbilt in the 2022 draft before the Reds picked him in the eighth round.
He features a fastball that sits 92-93 and gets up to 94 along with a slider, changeup and cutter-type offering, and logged 96 innings over 23 games, 19 starts, between low-A Daytona and advanced-A Dayton last season, with a cumulative 3.75 ERA, 1.313 WHIP and 87 strikeouts.
It's an interesting mix of tools for the club’s player-development staff to work with.
duppyy wrote:My hope is Varsho will be a 5 WAR player. dont know if thats considered good or great, im still a baseball noob lol.
Harry Palmer wrote:Anyone remember the last time we got good news?
JN wrote:I haven't watched too much spring baseball.
Haven't seen Green pitch, but his stats are abysmal in a small sample (7 innings).
Any reason to be optimistic (velo, stuff?) so that we can totally ignore his performance so far.
DelAbbot wrote:JN wrote:I haven't watched too much spring baseball.
Haven't seen Green pitch, but his stats are abysmal in a small sample (7 innings).
Any reason to be optimistic (velo, stuff?) so that we can totally ignore his performance so far.